I am a 36 year old Navy Vet who returned to Illinois State University back in 2003 to study Theatre Management. I graduated in May '06 and have since moved to Seattle. I am getting my foot in the door in the theatre community here and am enjoying my life, home, and job. My hope is to someday quit my job (or simply work part time) and just be a Stage Manager ~ I may always be poor, but I will be doing what I love - working in theatre.
I am not of the belief that masculinity is reserved only for bio-men, just as I do not believe that feminity is reserved only for bio-women. I also do not believe in there only being two genders. I honestly feel that butch is a third gender and that is me - neither man nor woman and yet both at the same time.
I am, what some would consider, gender ambiguous; a gender bender.
That sounds confusing, I know - and it took me a long time and a lot of soul searching to come to what I am now trying to explain.
Suffice it to say that I am butch.
I dress, walk, stand, and have a haircut in ways that most would consider masculine, I am often times mistaken for a man, but I am not, nor do I ever want to be, a man. I do not bind my breasts, nor do I "pack" 24/7.
You know what? Even if I did those things and still considered myself a woman, that would be ok.
I have both typically (read: stereotypically) male and typically (again, read: stereotypically) female characteristics, but I am not into preconcieved notions of what a woman, a man, or a butch "should" be - I am me and you are you and we define ourselves in a way that is most comfortable to us and only us.
Make sense? :o)
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I grew up in a small town in Illinois, named Rantoul and moved to Bloomington, IL to attend ISU (the first time).
Then I joined the Navy and was stationed at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) in San Diego, Naval Air Station Lemmore near Fresno, CA, and Guantanamo Bay Cuba (GTMO).
After the Navy, I lived in California, Illinois, Colorado, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and back to Illinois (in that order) and am now back on the West Coast; my favorite place. ;o)
Speaking of kids � I don�t have and nor do I want any. I know how harsh that sounds, but I am not nor do I want to be a parent. I am open to compromise, in that if someone in whom I am interested has a teenager or a grown child, I wont let that keep us apart. But if someone in whom I hold an interest has a small baby, child or children, then we are not compatible as mates.
~ Parker
