this is the language i left on your skin

At work today, I had a conversation with one of the guards about transgender people, and the people they date.

There was an trans woman in our store. She had an awesome, typically feminine body, but still had a more typically masculine face and voice. I saw her and paid no mind (except to check out her ass, cus it was phenomenal haha) but the guard was so crazy about her. First of all, she kept calling HER, “it” which was a little off putting, but I didn’t want to get into it… I was just trying to work.

THEN, the guard proceeds to tell me about the guy that was with the lady and said he looked so straight, she was surprised he would date a man. I stopped her and said, “Wait… he is straight. He’s dating a woman…” The guard looked at me with crazy eyes and went off about how “it” was a man. Uh….

No. SHE is NOT a man. SHE is a woman, dating a man. By my personal standards, that’s a “straight” couple. But fuck, who knows what he/she/they identify as.. and honestly, why does it matter?! The guard was appalled by my opinions on trans people, and couldn’t believe that I didn’t think it was weird for a straight guy to like a trans woman. Ugh. I just hope the kids my generation raises turn out to be more open minded and accepting of all genders, races, and sexual orientations aka HUMAN-FUCKING-BEINGS, at least… that’s what I’m working towards.