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Feeling at ease in his male identity, Turner continually wonders just what kind of man he's becoming. "You'd think that if I became a man, I'd bulk up and go all out. But it turns out I'm sort of this metrosexual pansy -- what the hell is that?"
Maybe it reflects Turner's confidence that he doesn't have to conform to anyone else's idea of manhood. But does Turner's new self-assurance come from being a man, or does it derive from being true to himself, no matter what gender he is?
Either way, he now goes to the men's room without self-consciousness. "If someone starts looking at me, I can always use homophobia to my advantage: 'What are you looking at?'"
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