tell me more about trans darry
He always was a daddy's girl.
TRANS DARRY MY BELOVED!!!!!! MY ANGSTY LITTLE GUY WHO COMMITS FRAUD!!!!!!
woah guys who said that. n e ways.
this is tulsa, 1967. and theres just fuck all to be learned about gender and transness, so to be clear: darry does not consider himself to be trans. no one knows that's a thing for basically another two years. no one really knows what going on, that includes Darry.
darry's transition was less of a transition and more of a... collection of traits that led up to high school
he started wearing boys clothes, mostly because he wanted to help his dad on roofing sites, the little osha violation, and because frills and pink are not exactly greaser
his parents called him dar anyways, so going by dar or darry was easy.
in the summer he was 13, he cut all his hair clean off. his parents were a little mortified, but took it in stride, albeit with some mild confusion. they assumed he'd just grow it back, didn't say anything when it stayed short
when people assumed he was a boy, he didn't correct them. his brothers noticed, and followed suit. they considered it a kind of inside joke, i guess, and it spread to the gang.
suddenly, two-bit's siblings knew darry as the third curtis brother
the summer he was 14, going to high school, Dallas appeared. Being from the streets of new york, he's the only person who actually has a concept of transness
He asks if Darry is short for Darrel, like his father. Darry says yes.
Later that day, he offers to take the high school registration paperwork out of his mother's hands. Darrel Shaynne Curtis Jr. is what he writes as his name.
Suddenly, all his teachers and classmates call him Darry, ask him if he's new in town. If he's trying out for any sports. He wasn't planning on it, of course, but he knows he's got a decent arm from throwing a football around with Daddy. Football is a no-go, but he makes the cut for centerfielder, and he's shortstop by sophomore spring. His parents go to every game.
They're calling him head boy. Prom king.
There's a scout at one of his games, encourages him to apply for a scholarship at University of Oklahoma. The name thing poses an issue--this isn't some podunk high school in the Tulsa suburbs that won't look twice.
They don't have the money anyway, but OU lets him defer a couple semesters. His dad's so proud. First Curtis to go to college. First Curtis man to graduate high school.
He takes the crash a lot harder.
