![]() Things like that seemed very special to me, and I can remember flashes of scenes in the bathtub from a very early age. I especially loved taking baths and being all "soapy" and slippery all over. I enjoyed being close to my mother and my girl friends who all seemed to feel the same way. ![]() I was becoming very aware of my body and loved the way it felt all soft and sensual and rubbery. There were all sorts of funny, silly things we loved to do together. I’m not sure transgender people would agree with your characterization of their experience. I think it’s all about their bodies - what else would it be about? Here’s Lynn Conway on her memories of early childhood:ĭuring those years I played a lot with close friends who were almost all girls. All that gay male physical sensuality - the interaction of male bodies with one another, the passion for biological maleness - is reduced to an arid, gnostic, inside “feeling” unrelated to the body at all. It’s diminished because we are told that being a man is now a feeling inside your head rather than a fact about your body, from the first wave of testosterone in the womb onwards. This paragraph from your latest Dish surprised me:Īnd one of the core elements of gay male culture - the celebration of the male body, its unique qualities, and its sexual power - is actively diminished. A boy holds a sign that reads LOVE HAS NO GENDER during the NYC Gay Pride Parade on J(Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)
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