Exploring Gender with Parker
A note from Parker
Am I not being entirely honest with myself?
I’m being pictured in a way that is not wholly presentable or passing in a place that has not been kind to LGBTQ folks during my growing up.
When I say soft and intimate as feminine, I’m not trying to say that those are qualities of gender, but rather experience. Take feminine out of the sentence, and I’m talking about a soft and intimate kiss, a quiet and intimate moment of silence, a soft and intimate bundle of hair.
It’s more than me wearing a dress; it is out in a moment in time where I don’t have to convince myself I look good, slim, curvy lines, hairless, small. I’m not that, and I say that with pride. I would love something more complimentary of those features, but I am bringing you my confused and in-transition self.
I didn’t know that this came more easily to me. Funny how that works.
