I’ve been forcing a bit of surfcasting optimism out of myself by going around humming the surfcasting LBI ditty “The Stripers Will Come Out Tomorrow,” sung in the fashion of that little girl who never gets old. No, not Peter Pan- though Peter now presents as female as often as male. In fact, that might make Peter one of the earliest intrinsic LGBTQ manifestations.
I’m thinking the little girl I first had in mind, Annie, will stay true to her biological roots … or will she?
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