… “One thing I’ve learned over the course of twenty-four years of behaving and dressing androgynously is that people hate to be confronted with indeterminacy. The uncategorizable is unsettling. If I were a man in drag, people would know exactly what I am, or at least they would believe they know exactly what I am, and have fewer problems with me” …
… “Gender identity isn’t something we just impose on kids and expect them to suck it up, like eating vegetables or going to school. It’s part of who they are, whether that satisfies us as parents or not.” …
A more measured article (compared to the Gulf News) from The National, discussing the “boyat” subculture.
[…] Well, there is no one type of boyah (singular of boyat) but, generally, they have short pixie-style hair, wear more masculine clothing, sunglasses and watches - all, of course, luxury brand names. If they have long hair, they keep it tucked under a hat. In other words, it is the Emirati take on being a tomboy. […]
The rebel and onion armies showed grose negligence by having many of their battles right inside national parks, like Gettysburg.
