![]() I had never met anyone who was transgender. I just kept trying to talk her out of it. I didn’t know how to help and I didn’t know how to fix it. I was afraid she would be physically hurt by someone and, on top of that, I just plain-old didn’t want her to want to be a girl. She started going out in public dressed as a girl. I think it is part of the reason we have such a strong reaction to seeing young boys dress up in their mothers’ clothes, while we think little girls dressed up in their daddies’ clothes are cute.Īfter a while, I noticed that Lucie dressed as a girl more and more, even when she wasn’t performing. I think we still have a huge problem with that. For so long, men acting like women were thought of as taking a step down. Personally, as a woman, I think it’s wonderful to see a young man venerate women this way. It’s a chance to be someone else and to make people laugh or clap or smile. I think for most young people-men and women-who perform in drag shows, it’s just that: entertainment. She was an entertainer like other great drag queens-people like RuPaul and Divine. Now I think it was an “acceptable” way for her to express her innate femininity. At that time, Lucie identified as a gay young man. ![]() She had always been feminine all through her life, so when she decided to do drag, it seemed like a natural next step. ![]() ![]() I think of it now as her way of testing the water. For her, it was a step in a process to something greater. My daughter Lucie did drag when she was a teenager. ![]()
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