I don't know how much I should say about my friend SR, so I'll leave things as generic as possible. Like me, SR is transgender. Unlike me, she has had "the operation" and lives full time as a female. Given where we are in life, she is young enough to be my daughter (that is, if I lived in Tennessee 😀) But each of us has a point of view that complements where the other is in our transgender journeys.
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It's hard arranging to meet SR, as she lives in NYC but does not take mass transit, while I live in Westchester, and use mass transit as much as possible. So, Manhattan's Chinatown was the best possible compromise, even though the restaurant (Wo Hop) left much to be desired. Wo Hop is the kind of place that caters to tourists, and to people who'd be satisfied by a 1960's suburban New York version of what was called "Chinese Food." (I'm more a fan of places like Ping's, just across the street.) I got to the restaurant before SR, but we went down the steps together.
SR is a person who leans to the right politically. So I knew to couch my language in a way where I could acknowledge the valid points that the Conservatives make without dismissing any of the valid points made by Liberals. Yet, for the most part, we understood where each other was coming from, and I explained how I look at the world these days: Jeffersonian at heart, and Hamiltonian by mind. Strangely enough, we talked about sexuality, and she mentioned things best left unsaid here.
All too soon it was time to leave. the meter was about to run out for SR's car, and I had to get home early enough to chat with RQS. Before we parted, SR invited us to her party being held next year. I'm not sure that RQS and I will attend, as it is being held on the same day as RQS's wedding anniversary.
