Sat next to a guy at the market and we were chatting about how ppl make assumptions on gender etc as a Muslim and a Jew, and i was saying that part of why some ppl read me as racially ambiguous as a white guy is a combo of my dark colouring and associations of femininity and queer mannerisms w Different, Other masculinities
Him: it's like they're doing Gay or European
Me: yes. Although in my case it's more often Gay or Middle Eastern
Him, delighted: GAY OR MIDDLE EASTERN... WE CAN REWRITE IT

















