Gender issues

Female college student: Do boys still really have cooties at thirteen?
Male college student: Nope. That’s when they get penises.

Tempe, Arizona

Overheard by: Meghan

Lady: Oh, how cute is she?!
Woman with kid: Actually, it’s a he.
Lady: Well, why is he wearing a pink hat?
Woman with kid: Because he’s gay!

Sweden
http://www.tjuvlyssnat.se/mellersta-sverige/%e2%80%9dhan-vill-inte-leka-kurragomma-i-garderoben-langre%e2%80%9d

Overheard by: Lina

Six-year-old: You know my friend, Lucy? Well, before she was a girl she was a boy.
Mom: What? That’s not possible. You can’t change from being a girl to being a boy.
Six-year-old: But Lucy did.
Mom: No, she didn’t. Why are you saying this?
Six-year-old: She did! She was a boy and now she’s a girl! She told me!
Mom: She’s lying. It doesn’t happen that way.
Six-year-old: But she did! You don’t know anything! She was a boy and now she’s a girl!

Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: just over the fence

Sewing machine shop customer #1: How often should I get my machine serviced?
Sewing machine shop customer #2: Gosh, I've never had my machine serviced!
Sewing machine shop owner: You are not a lady!

http://www.violaraptor.co.uk/2011/06/quotebook-january-may-2011/

Overheard by: Raptor

Anime-loving teenager on cell: So it's like I'm a lesbian in a man's body. Except I like boys.

CTrain
Calgary
Canadia

Girl on phone: But I don't have a mustache…

Colorado State University

Sixteen-year-old blonde goth: I think I want to be a lesbian.
Teenage friend: I thought you were one.

Salem, Oregon

Overheard by: Geneva

Girl: I had a dream you died, and I woke up crying.
Guy: I woke up screaming, but that's because I dreamed I was being chased by aliens.

Bellingham, Washington

Female professor: She was a lesbian…
Male student: Yeah, she was.
Female professor: But he turned her straight with his manliness…
Male student: Yeah, he did.

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

College chick: Oh my god! Girls are, like, so racist.

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Jackie