Sitting at a bar (for only the 2nd time in a year) eating a quick lunch.
Meathead 1 comes in by himself. Meathead 2 eventually arrives.
They have now been talking about transgender kids in their circle of friends for 15 minutes.
And it has been... adorable.
1/
Meathead 1 comes in by himself. Meathead 2 eventually arrives.
They have now been talking about transgender kids in their circle of friends for 15 minutes.
And it has been... adorable.
1/
As soon as I heard ‘transgender’, I braced for some asinine slew of backwards, bigoted, dumbfuckery.
Instead, Meathead #2 led Meathead #1 through a catch up about a mutual friend’s child who is transgender and another friend’s child who is gender fluid.
2/
Instead, Meathead #2 led Meathead #1 through a catch up about a mutual friend’s child who is transgender and another friend’s child who is gender fluid.
2/
Meathead #2 knows what he’s talking about. These aren’t the awkward fumblings of someone who doesn’t have the language for a topic.
He is lowkeying it but he has thought about this. Processed it. Worked through it. Came out the other side where the job is to be an ally.
3/
He is lowkeying it but he has thought about this. Processed it. Worked through it. Came out the other side where the job is to be an ally.
3/
It is legit heartwarming.
I literally brace myself when I’m even within earshot of people like these two and a subject ripe for bigotry comes up.
I brace for the collision between public asshattery in my midst and my inability to say nothing.
4/
I literally brace myself when I’m even within earshot of people like these two and a subject ripe for bigotry comes up.
I brace for the collision between public asshattery in my midst and my inability to say nothing.
4/
It was at this very bar that I got into it with Ricoh while Ocean Spray looked on. (That’s a deep cut for long-time readers)
But today, there will be no grinding my teeth to nubs before saying what I was always going to say.
5/
But today, there will be no grinding my teeth to nubs before saying what I was always going to say.
5/
Nope, today, I’m overhearing a delight.
At one point, Meathead #1 said something uneducated but without any apparent malice. Suggested their mutual friend’s child might not stick with their new gender identity.
6/
At one point, Meathead #1 said something uneducated but without any apparent malice. Suggested their mutual friend’s child might not stick with their new gender identity.
6/
But then Meathead #2 gently, deftly, explained that by the time a transgender person comes out, they *know* who they are - and their only uncertainty was about telling others.
And Meathead #1 listened and nodded with the look of someone who was, in fact, listening.
And
7/
And Meathead #1 listened and nodded with the look of someone who was, in fact, listening.
And
7/
I was in a hurry and couldn’t stay but I wish I could have. I’ve missed these bar-overhears.
Paid my tab. Slipped the bartender an extra $20 to get their next round after I left.
Sometimes people surprise you.
Sometimes, in a good way.
8/8
Paid my tab. Slipped the bartender an extra $20 to get their next round after I left.
Sometimes people surprise you.
Sometimes, in a good way.
8/8
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