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Tag Archives: gender creative
Things I Never Thought I’d Say to My Son: The First of 2012 Edition
I’m sorry you don’t like my outfit, but if I go upstairs and change we’ll be late for school…like we were yesterday when you didn’t like my red pants. That’s why I don’t like it when you wear your wig … Continue reading
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Tagged Gender, gender creative, gender nonconforming, homosexual, Orange County, parenting, Raising My Rainbow
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When Gift Giving and Getting Goes Wrong
Molly is a cutie. She is five and one of C.J.’s BFFs at school, where they have bonded over their love of Rapunzel and the color purple (the hue, not the novel/film/musical). Molly has thick, brown curly hair and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday, Gender, gender creative, gender nonconforming, Gender Stereotypes, Lego Friends, legos, Monster High, Orange County, parenting, Smurfette
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My Son, The Dancer – Part II
Continued from a previous post….. I hate being the new mom. I sat down on the benches outside of the dance studio by myself, looking through the one-way mirror at my son transform into a dancer. A mother and daughter … Continue reading
My Son, The Dancer
“Hi, I’d like to see if there is availability in the Saturday morning ballet/tap combo class,” I said to the girl at the front desk of our local South Orange County youth gym. It’s a converted warehouse where a child … Continue reading
Reflections: Raising My Rainbow Turns One
Last October my effeminate three-year-old son wanted to be Snow White for Halloween. I Googled a bunch of random phrase combos, trying to fit a life dilemma into a search bar. Boys dressing as girls for Halloween. My son wants … Continue reading
Ballerinas, Buns and Boobs
Most mornings I awake to my two sons and some sort of mayhem. It could include, but is not limited to, someone’s extreme hunger; children eating sugary contraband after sneaking downstairs unattended; a lost doll; a lost password for a … Continue reading
Holiday Tidbits
C.J.’s Brother: C.J. are you singing “Deck the Halls?” C.J.: Yeah. C.J.’s Brother: Where did you learn that song? C.J.: At Forever 21. * * * In school this week, C.J. was instructed to draw a snowman via connecting the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Forever 21, gender creative, gender nonconforming, George Michael, Orange County, parenting, Raising My Rainbow
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Christmas Decorating Gone Wild
“I LOVE ANGELS!” “Okay, C.J., but we have to get all of the Christmas decorations down before we can start opening the boxes,” I repeat over his screams. It’s the Sunday after Black Friday (or Thanksgiving or whichever one you … Continue reading
Are Gender Nonconforming Kids Special Needs Kids?
“Do you ever feel like you’re raising a special needs child?,” a friend asked me recently. “Yes, but I feel bad saying it,” I admitted. “You shouldn’t,” she assured me. “My husband and I say all that the time that … Continue reading
If My Son Is Going To Hell, So Am I
I used to like going to church. My entire youth and early 20s were spent at church. I was there once, often twice a week, learning how to be a good Christian, playing broom hockey, taking gently worn shoes to … Continue reading
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