For the Love of Dolly

Current mood: inspired

I don't care if you don't believe me, what I'm typing is the truth.

My grandma happens to be close personal friends with somebody in Dolly Parton's inner circle. Who? It's Dolly Parton's personal assistant. My grandma and her friend grew up New York, just like all my family (me and my little brother are first generation Californian). There's a cool secret I will reveal in the first sentence of the next paragraph. We all know how Dolly Parton and Oprah are the 2 richest entertainers (in the world), right?? Well, Dolly Parton's personal assistant of many decades happens to be a FEMALE TO MALE transsexual who transitioned back in the 50's. He has large, thick, shoulders, a full beard. From the looks of it, you would never know. The only time I ever really could tell was when I listened to friendly voice mails he left on my grandma's answering machine. In many ways, I thought his ability to "pass" must have made him happy in life; like most trannies, he has been single his whole life.

Dolly Parton is a lesbian. It's a secret she's held onto her entire life, and she only tells other gay people because she knows her audience is mostly redneck pieces of shit and white trash. Oh wait, aren't those the same things? I respect her will to contain her secret, more than anything. I guess not everyone has a problem with "kissing and telling" the way I do. Anyways, Dolly Parton grew up in a totally different time. I can't imagine how hard the choices in her life must have been; I personally respect her reasons for remaining closeted. I love how she realized pretty fucking quick how if she was to femme it up, nobody would talk shit. Way to work the system Dolly!

Can I take a minute to get out in the open the face that I love Dolly Parton with all my heart? She has inspired millions of people with her self-made rags to riches story. She'll be an icon for many generations to come, I'm sure.

I find it ironic yet comforting how the 2 richest entertainers happen to be a black woman, and a lesbian. Anything really is possible int his world! They inspire me to do whatever it takes to achieve all my goals, and continue to dream as big as I possibly can. If you watch anything behind the scenes with Dolly SUCH AS For the Love of Dolly (a documentary about her on logo) they show her female lover- a nerdy looking white woman with very short hair and glasses. Dolly has had her sham marriage with a man for many decades, but that like so many other things, is just another cover up.

I'm probably going to copy and paste this blog into DIFFERENT PLACES, because I've been meaning to type this story for so long. When I was a small child, my grandma and mom took me to Disneyland. Or it might have been Disney world, I was under 5 (just a baby whore at this point in my lyfe), but I STILL REMEMBER A LOT, probably because I happen to have a genius level I.Q. that has a tendency to RISE @ a RATE of about 2 points per year. I remember the flight was a small airplane that only sat 20 people or less. It was so much fun flying through a cloud in a plane that small! newayz...

What do I remember about Dolly? Well, I never got to meet her, but I did get to stay in her house in L.A. AND ride in her limo all over town for 4-5 days. Her personal assistant was so sweet to me, he'd pick me up all the time and throw me in the air and catch me (which I loved because I was a little kid). He didn't hesitate to go on rides with me, and he was with me when I got the mickey mouse ears with "Darrin" embroidered on the back. He was the first tranny I ever met; I didn't find out he was a tranny until my early teens. Why is blogger underlying tranny in red? It doesn't recognize that that tranny is a word- another sign of American culture's futile attempt to render trans people invisible.

Did I ever mention that TRANSSEXUALS have the HIGHEST RATE of UNEMPLOYMENT, MORE than ANY other minority? I learned it in an LGBT Studies Class at SFSU. Again, blogger underlined LGBT in red, trying to tell me it's not a word. L.G.B.T. Oh wait, maybe I have to put periods between the letters...

What is the most interesting thing I remember? He had 2 cats called THE NINJA TURTLE CATS who pooped and peed in a toilet, instead of a litter box- I'm so not kidding, it blows my mind to this very day.

I'll always love Dolly. That's why I have her autograph, so I can look at her face as a constant reminder of my dreams and goals, and know that they will come true if I make it happen. My coat of many colors...

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