URNotAlone

A random request...and an observation

July 12th, 2008 8:54 am MDT

First the request. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone north of Boston or downtown who can recommend someplace trans-friendly (for lack of a better term) to get one's hair cut. This business of going to the usual salon and getting a "guy with long hair" cut (no matter what you ask for) is getting frustrating. At this rate, someday I'll walk out with a mullet ;) Odd how few of us wear our own hair, unless committed to transitioning. The observation. I saw a local woman this morning who frequently dresses in a male kilt, hose, man's shirt and tie. The double standard that endorses women in male clothing can be a nuisance. On the other hand, I've swapped messages with some other androgynous folk and it's true that this double standard is very enabling for us. It did strike me the other day that it can be rather "Victor-Victoria" in reverse. Instead of a woman* dressing like a man dressing like a woman, one may be a man dressing like a woman dressing like a man. Still, it would be nice to have enough latitude to go out shopping in a cool linen skirt on a day like this. *All terms in this statement refer to birth gender for convenience's sake