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Yes, the queer librarian strikes again. Apparently. I tell you, these two must have have spies looking at the library, I swear!
I worked my only hours at the closets library this week. Three hours. I did mention these were the only hours I worked this week? Keep that in mind. Right.
Anyway, since school is closed, it was slow, but nice to work. I got a lot of stuff done that the other librarians usually don't have the time to do, so all good. And so, closing in on the afternoon, the phone called. A woman, who I could her on her accent was from the Middle East, called and asked me to re-loan the books she had on her library card. No problem! I do this all the time, so I fixed it. Then she asked me to check her husbands library card to. No problem! And I re-loaned the book there to... that I recognized. It was a biography book about sex-change... Wait, what...? She started talking about the book, and since I have read it, I said it was a good one. Good, she said, I'll be reading it to. A friend has such trouble with there daughter. Uh uh, I thought, this rings a bell. Sure enough. It was the wife of the man that came in the library last week, and was all embarrassed about asking about a sex-change.... The world is a strange place. We talked for almost 30mins! I gave her as much information I could think off, mostly pointing her to RFSL. Apparently they are friends to a family where the daughter is female-to-male-transgender. Just getting out of the closet. Family is from the Middle East. It is, apparently, not going well. The father not accepting it. Shit. That might not end well. Anyway, we talked and talked, and it got out that I wasn't straight either. (I am not, I am bi.) I think that helped that I didn't want a sex-change either, but that I was simply happy being me. I sincerely hope things will work out for that family, and that the couple I have talked to can be off any help. Cultural differences... and religious beliefs... Sometimes it is a real pain in the ass!!! But I liked this couple. They have the belief there religion has thought them, sure, but at the same time they are curious and open to learning new things. THAT gives me hope!
I told my colleague that I worked with today (the chatty librarian), quite flabbergasted that both ended up talking to me! She just laughed and said I had probably sealed it as being the Queer librarian.... I laughed at her but had to agree when she told me she bet I didn't mind that... X-D
ANYWAY! The Sketchavember photo of today is this:
( Books falling out! )
For more info about Sketchavember see here:
I worked my only hours at the closets library this week. Three hours. I did mention these were the only hours I worked this week? Keep that in mind. Right.
Anyway, since school is closed, it was slow, but nice to work. I got a lot of stuff done that the other librarians usually don't have the time to do, so all good. And so, closing in on the afternoon, the phone called. A woman, who I could her on her accent was from the Middle East, called and asked me to re-loan the books she had on her library card. No problem! I do this all the time, so I fixed it. Then she asked me to check her husbands library card to. No problem! And I re-loaned the book there to... that I recognized. It was a biography book about sex-change... Wait, what...? She started talking about the book, and since I have read it, I said it was a good one. Good, she said, I'll be reading it to. A friend has such trouble with there daughter. Uh uh, I thought, this rings a bell. Sure enough. It was the wife of the man that came in the library last week, and was all embarrassed about asking about a sex-change.... The world is a strange place. We talked for almost 30mins! I gave her as much information I could think off, mostly pointing her to RFSL. Apparently they are friends to a family where the daughter is female-to-male-transgender. Just getting out of the closet. Family is from the Middle East. It is, apparently, not going well. The father not accepting it. Shit. That might not end well. Anyway, we talked and talked, and it got out that I wasn't straight either. (I am not, I am bi.) I think that helped that I didn't want a sex-change either, but that I was simply happy being me. I sincerely hope things will work out for that family, and that the couple I have talked to can be off any help. Cultural differences... and religious beliefs... Sometimes it is a real pain in the ass!!! But I liked this couple. They have the belief there religion has thought them, sure, but at the same time they are curious and open to learning new things. THAT gives me hope!
I told my colleague that I worked with today (the chatty librarian), quite flabbergasted that both ended up talking to me! She just laughed and said I had probably sealed it as being the Queer librarian.... I laughed at her but had to agree when she told me she bet I didn't mind that... X-D
ANYWAY! The Sketchavember photo of today is this:
( Books falling out! )
For more info about Sketchavember see here:
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