As the title implies, I sort of 'came out' to my little brother this morning. You know how sometimes the conversation will turn in *exactly* the right direction without your intending it to? Well, this morning I was driving my brother to school, and the conversation did just that.
(Bit of background info - my brother is 15, and, for want of a better way to describe him, is built like a brick dunny. He's at least 6 feet tall, would make a charging bull ricochet, and has been growing his hair so it's a sort of long-ish mop. And he's straighter than a 180
o line, and just as 'traditional'. He's also told me a few times (last Friday being the most recent) that he likes having me as his sister because I don't wear anything that would embarass him, and that I don't act all "girly", and that I'm very
practical 
...).
Anyway, so we're talking, and he asks, completely out of the blue, "Do you think people often mistake me for a girl from behind?" Not a chance, and I told him that. He asked if anything like that had happened to me, if I'd ever been mistaken for guy, and I said (essentially) "yes, frequently." He seemed rather surprised at this, so I explained a few past instances, and said that I was so used to it, and shunned the "girly" so much (or something to that effect), that he really had more of a brother than a sister. Didn't introduce any adolescent-masculinity-threatening terminology, just said that all in all, I hoped he didn't mind that I was, and always have been, more of a big (though markedly smaller in stature) brother than sister. And it was great, 'cause he didn't react badly at all - I got more of a reaction when I said I wanted to dye my hair black (I'm brunet as it is) at the beginning of the year!
So yeah...just wanted to share. Of all the people I'd intended to perhaps possibly potentially maybe tell, my brother was neither the first choice, nor the person I expected to take it well. I haven't said an outright "I AM TRANSGENDER", but telling your little brother that you feel like you've been/are more bro than sis, and having him sit there and just laugh about how you've always seemed more brotherly than sisterly too (except for being a foot shorter
), and not make a whole drama about it...it was really rather nice.
Anyway, peace out and hugs for all,
Lutin
