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I only caught the tailend of this story on the local news, so I missed most of the details. A very cute 'boy', indeed! The hair, the lips, the eyebrows, wow!

I went outside once. The graphics weren' that great.

Not sure what the issue is...

But if he says he is a boy, and that his hair is long as he is growing it out for "locks of love" then we of all people should respect his gender expression, and accept that he is a boy.

And frankly shame on all the people that commented on the news page, focusing on the hair... This child, was almost killed and miraculously was not, that is what is important.

Hugs,

Kristy

Actually...

He's the one who brought up the hair.

My mention to the news people for mentioning Locks of Love. The fact that he's ostensibly growing his hair long for charity should somewhat reduce the harassment and waggling tongues.

Ray Drouillard

He did bring it up because he said that it had been singed a little. Other then that, I did not see him mention it one way or the other. In the video it was the reporter that mentioned why his hair was so long.

My point is that at no time is he claiming or asking to be treated as anything other then a boy, so I just feel that especially for any of us to question his gender, just based on his appearance, seems a bit hypocritical, and frankly missing the point that he is lucky to be alive.

Hugs,

Kristy

As someone else said, he has been growing his hair

for two years, to donate to "Locks For Love".

Yes this boy definitely has a feminine appearance, and it's interesting to speculate that he MIGHT be TS, but it seems to me that there has been a 'general' feminisation, or perhaps an androgenation(word?) among the current crop of kids. The boys look more like girls than boys used to.

I've also noticed a "live and let live" attitude among the 14 to 18 year olds in my area. Gender expression doesn't seem to be a problem for them.

Cute boy? Definitely. TS? We don't know. Lucky kid? You bet your bippy!

Hugs 'n love,
Catherine Linda Michel

As a T-woman, I do have a Y chromosome... it's just in cursive, pink script.

Two years growing...

for Locks for Love isn't that long... AVERAGE hair growth is 6 inches a year. Two years growth is about 12 inches (on average). Locks of love requires a minimum of 10 inches.

Annette

oh no!

I have an unfinished story where the premise is that the boy is growing hair for Locks of Love. Now it will look like I copied it.

Cousin Austin

Except for the chin, I've got a gravy bowl chin, that picture could be me at age thirteen. :)

I think Austin is my uncle's grandchild, I'd have to call someone to check but he has the family look. Lots of Meltons in northern Oregon, I'm not in touch with them much since my dad died.

Hugs,
Erin

= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.

Ummm?

I don't remember this kid stating he is anything other than a boy mew. Some boys look more girlish, some girls look more boyish. Honestly it doesn't matter mew. The kid is alive and well, thank God, because that's a miracle mew.

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It's the hair

What I noticed when I saw it on the news, and have reconfirmed looking at the website, is that his hair appears to have a (to me) distinctly feminine styling. Parted on the side with the 'swoop' of hair across the forehead and tucked behind the ear is a distinctive look that I don't usually see on boys. And the way the hair around the face seems to have been undercut to curl and frame the face and jaw increases the feminine impact. At that point I looked at the other features, the lips, the eyes and eyebrows, etc, and they help reinforce the appearance of a girl of his age rather than a boy.

He is extremely lucky to have survived virtually unscathed. I do wonder if there might be some long-term mental changes that haven't had time to show up yet. That sort of thing has happened before with lightning strike survivors. Short-term memory problems, problems with sociability, etc.

Damaged people are dangerous
They know they can survive

Kinda blown away

by this thread....

Given that the article is about the miraculous survival of a young man in what should have been a tragic situation, why are we focusing on labeling him as something other than what he presents himself to be?

No offense to anyone, but isn't that the problem with our societies, where we insist on fitting square pegs in round holes? He demonstrates no problems with his own identity, or his priorities - so why should we, or anyone else, impose such a burden on him?

He conquers who endures. ~ Persius

I think that the point...

is that we have a RL example of the protagonist of so many of the stories on this site -- a boy who identifies as a boy, but looks girly.

We know nothing about him except for the fact that he miraculously survived a lightning strike, and that he fits the archetype of so many of the fictional characters on this site.

Does he get grief from bullies in school? Is he growing long hair because he likes it, and is using the Locks of Love idea to keep his parents from making him get a haircut? We have no clue, but it's fun to speculate.

Nobody here has said anything negative about him. There is speculation, but no derision. I can think of a number of web communities where that would not be the case.

Ray Drouillard

Not meant as an insult

Didn't mean to insult the kid, he is just so beautiful! It reall set me back. And, when looking at the premis of some of the stories I have seen here, well ... if some can't get the connection well ... No harm meant at all.

Gwendolyn

Troubled...

This thread troubles me. I hate to see a kid have his gender or sexuality questioned. Especially when, at his age, his kind of looks tend to be extremely popular with the girls at school.

Meanwhile, just imagine if the poor lad goes googling for how the 'netz are treating his story, and he trips over this. Is there any reason he shouldn't be totally squicked out, not to mention have his feelings hurt?

Being 14 is a time where you worry about how you measure up, what people think of you, whether you're developing at the same rate as your peers, and how you're fitting in socially. Why should a bunch of adults with non-vanilla gender issues put an oar into his already turbulent waters?

For the record, I think he has nothing to worry about, as far as how he measures up, and seems to be about where he should be, development-wise. On top of that, he seems remarkably brave, centered, and well-spoken.

Gwen, I hope you'll consider deleting this blog entry now that the fun is over. I only wish the TV station that let its viewers comment similar things would do the same.

It was just a quiet joke.

The monitors seem quite capable of censorship. If they want to delete this Thread, it will be up to them. In my second entry, I clearly stated my intent. It is hard for me to imagine people here being that thin skinned.

This is a perfect example of the over sensitivity that has been such a problem here.

Gwendolyn

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I don't see a problem?

Thanks, Gwen