Gender Stories

All her classmates sayThat she must be gayThat she's strange and unadaptedWith her short black hairAnd the clothes she'll wearThat she'll never be acceptedThat she had deniedEvery boy that triedThat she would not let them nearAnd that sealed her fateShe just can't be straightMaybe even one to fearBut her lifetime longThey all have been wrongThough they fail to comprehendThat she's never been What they thought they'd seenT...

Chatting with Sarah, before work, was a nice way to start the day. She was short, from Louisiana, had horses, and sometimes drove her husband’s rumbly truck to work. The other supply clerks started heckling her about her “girlfriend,” me. She gave one of them a shove, and got dismissed for violence in the workplace. The guys hassled me, saying I was flirting, whenever I’d talk to any female. Looking in the direction of a...

I would like to be able to stay at home all day, without too many worries on my mind and only a few kids to watch over and a few dishes to wash. I want a husband who will bring home all of the income and be counted on to do this every day. I want a husband who will land a job that makes him half happy, but also half angry. I want a husband who will come home every week day slightly disgruntled, but will announce that he i...

Do not regard me by my age I am the sum of my experiences not my years I had to evolve beyond the trappings Through years of striving to be genuine To shake off the shackles of her pomposity I sought friends who would teach me to Open my mind to the new Let me not feel separate from others Hanging in space and time away from The experiences that should be mine Let me show that now I have evolved into a feeling, writing, c...