All of the books, aside from the nonbinary book, were probably bought around 2007, 2008, and though I knew nothing about being queer, or so I thought, it’s clear that I knew enough to know that, at least for me, coming out was about a lot more than my sexuality. I’d been subverting gender for my,
entire life and never understood why it caused such a reaction. I was always different. That difference never bothered me, and I thought nothing of it, so reading about female masculinity wasn’t ever to help me figure things out, at least not then, but it was to help me figure out people’s response,
to my presentation. I have so many more books about sexuality and gender, and I’m really looking forward to talking with other folks who have similar experiences. Or heck, maybe they have very different experiences, but still felt drawn to these books. There are a few folks in the group reading,
Stone Butch Blues for the first time, and I’m curious how they’ll respond to it. I read it every year, and every single year I am struck by how relevant it is to my present. I thought it might be a book that felt like my past at some point, but the feelings are just as visceral as the first time.