11 and gender fluid -Erin Zelle

    This article posted by Erin Zelle in the Los Angeles Post is very admirable. Erin Zelle is a mother to an eleven year old gender fluid daughter. This article was admirable because not many parents allow their children to express themselves in the way they want, and many parents would not be as supportive as Erin Zelle seems to be. In this blog I will incorporate quotes that show importance of the topic talked about in Erin Zelle's article.

    3 QUOTES:

   "My 11-year-old daughter Sullivan's style is defined as gender fluid, which translates as a "fluid" shift between masculine and feminine, depending on how one feels."
        It was important for Zelle to define this in the beginning of her article for people who may not be familiar with the term. I think she did a good job describing it in the way she did.

     "She explains to her peers in simple terms: Not all girls wear pink and not all boys wear blue."
         I feel like this was one of the very first gender stereotypes forced on almost all children at an early age. However this is one of the most simplest ways that Sullivan can explain to the children her age of how she is "different". 

     " Hello Kitty printed dresses, purple kurtas and Lilly Pulitzer A-lines were relegated to the back of the closet with ballet flats and anything else pink. I mourned their loss but felt excited by her exploration." 
          At this part in the article I admired the way Erin Zelle handled this part in her child's life. She says she mourned the loss of her "feminine" daughter but is excited to see how Sullivan will express herself in her knew way. This is so important for parents to do. 

             


               "A lightness followed. It was as though Sullivan's skin finally fit, gloriously and   comfortably, and she was finally her own — exactly as she wanted to be."