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In a message dated 11/25/02 12:00:59 AM, joylyn@... writes:

<< I think about this a lot in relationship to my girl scout
troop. Statistically one or two of them will be gay. >>

When Keith and I had two boys and no girl, we used to talk about what if one
was gay. Statistically, it could happen. And by what the Chinese say about
couples, the two people together will balance out into half (very) female and
half (very) male. I'm not very pink. Keith I met singing and dressing up in
costumes (albeit tough-guy Viking costumes, but they're still skirts with
amber necklaces! <g>), and majoring in theatre. Now...

But we looked at the projected statistics about kids their age and we said
"Here's the deal; one could be gay, and one could marry an Asian and we have
to be able to afford to visit the grandkids in Japan, or China, or wherever
it's going to be." So we just prepared ourselves for those possibilities or
not-unliklihoods early, instead of spinning comfortable visions of them
marrying in town and living next door or anything.

Our next-door neighbor at the time was the pinkest little boy I've ever, ever
met. He loved coming to our house because he could dress up from our costume
box, and he loved to put on plays with the other kids, and fashion shows.
His mom refused to let him sign up with Kirby for a jazz/tumbling/ballet
class when they were five. She said NO BALLET. He can play soccer if he
wants to.

There's a great quote. Good. I found it current from the time. Kirby was
seven, nearly eight:

March 22, 1994
Two little girls in our neighborhood both have crushes, sort of, on A.J.,
next door, who gives every indication of growing up to be a cross-dressing
Queen of the Night. (The other day Kirby was talking about Rachel wanting
A.J. to be her boyfriend. I said, "Does A.J. even like girls?" and Kirby
said. "Of course. Why else would he always want to be Kimberly when we play
Power Rangers?")


Sandra