Living in an androgynous world

Posted on 12 July 2011
By MONIQUE SCHAFTER

http://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/soapbox-opinion/2011/07/12/living-in-an-androgynous-world/56651

As a lesbian who dresses like a teenage boy I occasionally get mistaken for one.

Case in point: I recently said a few words at my nan's funeral on behalf of the grandkids reminiscing about all the naughty things we did growing up. My dad's workmate who attended the funeral said he loved the speech "the young guy with the blue shirt and scraggy hair" gave. That being me.

As a 30-year-old woman with a distinctively high-pitched voice, the "young guy" remark was obviously due to the fact my balls haven't dropped yet.