From when it happened, an oral history of the great change. A film by Michelle Moore.
Is this thing on?
What was the day like? I was at work, doing data processing. Suddenly, it hit. I guess I screamed--so did most of the men there. It just seemed like the only reaction. The whole thing was just so impossible--I can't even list the laws of physics that were violated.
No, I don't think being a gay man made much of a difference. I wasn't effeminate, and never had any transgender desires. I guess the only thing is that a lot of the straight men who were married or in relationships were afraid that they would be the bottoms now, not sexually but in terms of relationships. That wasn't an issue for me.
Yes, I was in a relationship. I still am. The first thing I did once I stopped yelling, and once I had looked around to see that is happened to every other man in the office, is call my partner David. When a woman's voice answered the phone, my heart sank. I knew right away it was him, and that the phenomenon had affected not just my office. He was frantic, as was I.
Nobody really felt like hanging around the office, but people were afraid to go out, most of them. Some people were more self-possessed than others. A lot of the guys were too afraid to leave the office, so they called their wives or girlfriends to pick them up. It's funny, but no one even noticed at the time that all of the changees had enormous breasts.
I didn't want to be alone, so I drove home. It was weird trying to drive in a much smaller body with the breast, but I managed to make it. All of the changees who were driving were taking it very slowly and cautiously, so it wasn't dangerous, but what was usually a twenty minute drive took an hour. Since I didn't have a bra, my back was killing me.
David, or Jan as she calls herself now, was home. I guess that driving helped me clear my head. The radio kept going on about how this was a worldwide phenomenon. I hadn't really thought about sexuality until the moment we saw each other. I remember looking at Jan, and seeing that she had been crying. She came forward to give me a hug. And the first words I spoke were "Uh, are we lesbians now?"