OutAndAboutNewspaper.com – by Joey Leslie – Managing Editor
For James Huff, 19, stocking produce at the grocery store where he works isn’t a bad gig because he rarely has to deal with customers. But when he mans a cash register, awkward interactions aren’t uncommon.
“Sometimes people aren’t really sure what I am,” James said.
His buzzed haircut and lack of feminine curves create an androgynous appearance, but his feminine voice sometimes prompts customers to call his gender in to question. Children sometimes ask their parents if he is a boy or a girl as he scans and bags their groceries. That makes for a tense transaction, he said, because there is no simple answer.