{"id":591,"date":"2014-09-28T15:02:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T19:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typingmonkeys.com\/blog\/?p=591"},"modified":"2023-03-27T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T17:29:16","slug":"so-theres-that-day-6-montgomery-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typingmonkeys.com\/blog\/so-theres-that-day-6-montgomery-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"So There’s That, Day 6: Montgomery Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"

So There’s That: Adventures in Transgendering chronicled my transition in 2014. One hopes the gentle readers will forgive any awkward or anachronistic language within. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Computer Tsunami 2014 continues.<\/p>\n

This time I travel to Montgomery Mall, nearer to my house to pick up my fifth computer in two weeks.<\/p>\n

Boy mode. Mall. Hair ties.<\/p>\n

And with my confidence at an all-time high from Friday, I stride through the mall, feeling really good about myself. It is then that I notice several extended stares from guys. At the hair ties on my wrist.<\/p>\n

And then another stare. And another. Exaggerated double takes and looks of disbelief.<\/p>\n

Over a few multi-colored hairbands.<\/p>\n

Seriously, guys?<\/p>\n

But instead of getting depressed. Instead of shame, I am defiant.<\/p>\n

I am transgender, hear me roar, right? Fuck this shit. This is who I am.<\/p>\n

I catch the eyes of a few of these guys, usually with their girlfriends in tow, oblivious to this interplay, and give the guys my look of defiance. And probably a little bit of, you wanna make something of this?<\/p>\n

It seems to catch them off guard and they shuffle off, their eyes fixedly on the ground.<\/p>\n

God, it feels great.<\/p>\n

Ellen Ripley. Sarah Connor. Beatrix Kiddo. Eat your hearts out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So There’s That: Adventures in Transgendering chronicled my transition in 2014. One hopes the gentle readers will forgive any awkward or anachronistic language within. \u2014 Computer Tsunami 2014 continues. This time I travel to Montgomery Mall, nearer to my house to pick up my fifth computer in two weeks. Boy mode. Mall. Hair ties. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-so-theres-that"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t