I usually have a blurb that I write in my head as I draw comics – to go alongside the strip to elaborate on what I’m trying to say. Usually, by the time I’m done with the strip, however, I’ve said it to myself so many times that I feel less motivated to write it down. Oh well.
I really like this video, I watched it about a month or so ago, and it has felt like it stuck in my mind, and I keep coming back to it.
Rooster Tails 
This reminds me of the episode of “Gay Pimpin’ with Jonny McGovern” where the homeless man says to Linda James, “Excuse me, miss, can I borrow some money, sir?”
Hang in there, Mr. T!
Beautiful post Sam! I think gay, straight, bi, trans whatever we all somewhat feel like that, just some more than others and some more often than others.
BTW I think if I was gonna be a guy it’d be the ability to remove lids from jars without tapping them on the bench that I would find very satisfying.
Haha yes Alex – it quite often starts with one set of gendered titles, then moves to another, and then the absolute avoidance of them. I really like the avoidance one.
Reatha, thanks! Yes, feeling misunderstood is pretty universal, and I try to keep that in my mind a lot of the time. And Yes! Jar lids! I usually go purple in the face trying to remove them, so I don’t have to get someone else to do it for me.
I can totally relate to this Sam. People are always like “is that a man …?” with that question in their voices.Or they guess my gender and guess it wrong. I can’t wait for the testesterone as well. Facial hair for the win!
Adam
Haha hell yeah! I have soo many fantasies of the awesome moustaches and beards I will grow! I’m a little bit scared when I get on T I won’t actually grow any new hair at all, but it’s still fun to think about 🙂 Especially since facial hair is such a straight-forward marker for people to see you as a guy.
Yeah. 🙂 Facial hair. I’d like to see what I look like when I had my first shot.
And one thing I find about trans is most people assume I must be a gay transman when I’m not lol. I could easily fit the stereotype though!
Adam
Thank you so much for this post!
wow, how have I gone my whole life not knowing Ivan existed? thanks for introducing me to my new favorite author 🙂
Haha, yay, always glad to be of service! Ivan’s sooo amazing.