Case closed
Do you remember the case of the mystery football fan? An unknown work colleague of mine who'd been defending the rights of transgendered people in the unlikely auspices of a Middlesbrough supporters forum.
At the time I racked my brains trying to recall anyone at work who I knew supported Middlesbrough. In the end I gave up, and I'd more-or-less forgotten about it until yesterday.
I was just heading out of the office when a work colleague I'd not seen in a while nabbed me and said "can I have a quick word?". When we were away from prying ears he smiled and said "I'm NorfolkNGood".
After the penny had dropped, he explained that he'd not had the opportunity to talk to about it at the time, that he'd found my blog in the same manner as Mrs. Y, and he'd kept reading because he found it entertaining (entertaining in a "this is interesting" kinda way, not entertaining in a "what's the weirdo up to now" kinda way).
Which is incredibly cool, and sobering.
Sobering because this guy was one of the people who I'd considered as the mystery Middlesbrough supporter (he comes from the North East), but discounted because he didn't fit the profile of what I thought of as someone who'd be sensible, cool and groovy about the whole tranny thing.
Which, at the end of the day, is all about my prejudices and nothing to do with his. If I want to expect people not to judge me on something as superficial as wearing frocks, then I certainly shouldn't use similarly shallow methods to measure others.
At the time I racked my brains trying to recall anyone at work who I knew supported Middlesbrough. In the end I gave up, and I'd more-or-less forgotten about it until yesterday.
I was just heading out of the office when a work colleague I'd not seen in a while nabbed me and said "can I have a quick word?". When we were away from prying ears he smiled and said "I'm NorfolkNGood".
After the penny had dropped, he explained that he'd not had the opportunity to talk to about it at the time, that he'd found my blog in the same manner as Mrs. Y, and he'd kept reading because he found it entertaining (entertaining in a "this is interesting" kinda way, not entertaining in a "what's the weirdo up to now" kinda way).
Which is incredibly cool, and sobering.
Sobering because this guy was one of the people who I'd considered as the mystery Middlesbrough supporter (he comes from the North East), but discounted because he didn't fit the profile of what I thought of as someone who'd be sensible, cool and groovy about the whole tranny thing.
Which, at the end of the day, is all about my prejudices and nothing to do with his. If I want to expect people not to judge me on something as superficial as wearing frocks, then I certainly shouldn't use similarly shallow methods to measure others.
Labels: transvestism
This was a good post.
It looks very much like the Wag's Boutique advert on ITV2. :-)
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