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鈥檚 funeral on behalf of the grandkids reminiscing about all the naughty things we did growing up. My dad鈥檚 workmate who attended the funeral said he loved the speech 鈥渢he young guy with the blue shirt and scraggy hair鈥� gave. That being me.
As a 30-year-old woman with a distinctively high-pitched voice, the 鈥測oung guy鈥� remark was obviously due to the fact my balls haven鈥檛 dropped yet.
It鈥檚 hilarious how often boyish-looking girls cop this. One of my mates with short hair and broad shoulders told me how straight chicks constantly check out her boobs to confirm that she is in fact a lady.
But the best face-palm moments always happen in public toilets.
My buddy is used to being eyed suspiciously when entering the ladies鈥� room so she makes an effort to remove bulky jackets and stick out her chest to avoid any potentially awkward moments. It really sucks that many 鈥榖utch鈥� girls feel the need to do this but a recent toilet expedition at the Opera House almost makes up for it.
My mate dashed into the loo before her show and was followed in by a guy so engrossed in his mobile phone conversation that he didn鈥檛 notice the triangular lady symbol on the door. Obviously talking about something very important, he still didn鈥檛 register that a room full of women with soapy hands were giving him death stares! The smell of perfume, as opposed to urinal cakes, must have tipped him off as the red-faced man silently retreated out the door.
Another friend had a ridiculous experience at an airport restroom when a lady, mistaking her for a male pervert, called security who waited outside the cubicle door. My friend clearly wasn鈥檛 the only one embarrassed by this cock-up. Pun-tastic indeed.
But you can鈥檛 blame people for making an honest mistake as we do live in a pretty androgynous world. I occasionally find myself checking out baby-dykes only to realise they鈥檙e teenage boys with asymmetrical hair. They鈥檙e probably thinking to themselves, 鈥淭hat young guy with the blue shirt and scraggy hair is such a fag鈥�.
By MONIQUE SCHAFTER
Ha ha! It used to happen to me all the time. It got out of hand, esp at airports and the opera house! So hey, if you cant beat ’em, join ’em. Things quieten down considerably in the Boys
Ha Justine Bieber works for me!
opps – Justin – but Justine kind off works
aren’t you Justine Beiber?
funny as , as a kid was always geting kicked out of the women toliets my sis alway had to explain cause she rides a skateboard does not make her a boy lol , then having shaved head people from behind say mr lol . but one you guy came up from behind me and said sir then he
said sir when he was in front of me I have large breast and atleast it gave my partner and our freind a laugh lol so just part of life beat the name calling fag etc etc
i thought Allita Morgon was the expert on everything intersex or about transexuals??