Quotes / Wanted a Gender-Conforming Child

Anime & Manga

Ibari: My only worry is that every time I had a new child, it was a girl, a girl, a girl, and my only boy is this pervert.
Hibari: I'm not a pervert.
Ibari: A boy wearing a skirt is a full-blown pervert!

— Stop Hibari Kun

Fan Works

For as long as I can remember, my father has never liked me. Almost every day, I had to hear something different. "She'll never be a baseball player; why don't you sign her up for a women's sport?" "Blue is a man's colour; get her the pink one."

—Margaret, Junior Officers, "Margaret's Story"

Live-Action Television

Ross: Why does he have it again?
Susan: So he's got a doll? So what? ...Unless you're afraid he's gonna grow up and be in show business.
Carol: This wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that he's being raised by two women, would it?
Ross: You know what it's fine. If you're okay with the Barbie thing, so am I.
(scene cut)
Ross: Give daddy the Barbie! Ben, give, give me the Barbie. Okay, but don't you want to play with a monster truck?!

—Friends, "The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel".

Video Games

"My dad is always complaining that I'm not "feminine" enough! I like myself just how I am! Besides, I don't need a boyfriend, anyway... "

— Ann, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town

Web Original

I was 16 when I first experimented with eyeliner. My step grandfather caught me and then made me use a chainsaw for the rest of the afternoon in an attempt to man the queer outa me. I'm still queer but now l could build you the gayest log cabin you ever did see.

— Moki Awa on Twitter

Tojum mades pretty dress once too. Peepaw tores it to little pieces though, says Tojum not "she" and must be "he". But Peepaw became pig shits long times ago, so now Tojum wears what Tojum wants!

—Tojum, Looming Gaia, "Body-Hopping"