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Title: Being a gay man beats being a woman
Post by: Shana A on June 05, 2008, 10:37:32 PM
Being a gay man beats being a woman
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
adrian dalton

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/newsfocus/article.html?in_article_id=144210&in_page_id=65 (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/newsfocus/article.html?in_article_id=144210&in_page_id=65)

I realised I was a gay man trapped in a woman's body when I was 17.

I'd left my all-girls boarding school, moved to London and started hanging out at a gay bar every night.

The girls at school had felt like aliens to me – and they bullied me through most of my teenage years – while the guys at the bar felt like my contemporaries.

I'd had a relationship with one of the girls at school but I didn't like calling myself a lesbian. I didn't identify as a woman and had stopped fancying girls, so I was a bit of a crap lesbian anyway.

Title: Re: Being a gay man beats being a woman
Post by: Nero on June 05, 2008, 11:05:22 PM
OMG I did the same thing. I would sub consciously try to sound like Marilyn Monroe and the thing about horrible girls in school  - I can relate to this guy a lot except for the gay thing. I mean I've had bisexual male lovers who were into it and all but was never into the gay scene - gay or lesbian I should say scene. But never knock it till you try it. lol

Thanks for posting this.
Title: Re: Being a gay man beats being a woman
Post by: Lokaeign on June 06, 2008, 04:36:49 AM
Haha, back when I used to go to Goth and fetish clubs a lot I used to wear wigs and head-dresses all the time!  The only time I didn't feel like a freak was when I was very self-consciously "dressing up" as a girl.  Then I could pretend that all the bits were just accessories, like the clothing...