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thinking back one of my first memories of experiencing someone like me being mocked to my face was at my extended family& #39;s yearly group viewing of peewee herman& #39;s christmas special when kd lang would come onscreen to do her bit.
the first time i saw her i was transfixed by her.
the first time i saw her i was transfixed by her.
she was someone i was attracted to and saw myself in. my eyes didn& #39;t leave the screen while she performed. i wasn& #39;t able to enjoy that moment long before i picked up on my family& #39;s highly negative reaction to her.
everyone made nonstop comments about how manly and unattractive she was. they bantered with the kids about whether or not they thought she was a woman. even my gay uncle joined in. this went on year after year
eventually it got to the point where i would brace myself for that portion of the show and even purposefully leave the room for it.
that side of my family was pretty liberal otherwise but that didn& #39;t matter to my developing brain which took their response to her to mean that being a masculine woman was something so disgusting that it was outside their realm of acceptance
