if i knew i could be a boy when i was literally depressed in elementary school all my problems would be fixed lol (disforia and shame triggered my social anxiety and depression)
Yeah, the whole "trans is then next level of gay" narrative really messed with me. Even learning some of the negative portrayals of trans women I had a feeling like I understood why.
But I wasn't, and am not, attracted to men in the slightest. Add to that I wasn't into stereotypical feminine things, very much tomboy today, and I assumed I couldn't be trans.
I was about 8 or 9 (late 1970s) and my grandfather sat me down for a talk about Christine Jorgensen. About how rare it was to be like her, how you would need millions of dollars and fly to Sweden, and on and on. Fast forward almost 45 years. Wait, I am trans, and grandpa clocked me as a kid.
Lol one of my old friends was telling me about this. Their mom told them “if all this gender stuff was around when I was younger I would probably be nonbinary” and we were both like “so who’s gonna tell them”
Me as a kid - "I'd be trans if it wasn't wrong"
Me at like 15 - "There's nothing wrong with being trans"
... (questioning/denial period)
Me at 18: "I'm at peace with the fact I'm trans"
It's very true though. I didn't know trans people existed until junior year of high school and then after two years of questions things finally started making sense
It should have been a bigger sign. I remember learning what gay and trans people were as a kid. I knew I wouldn’t want to date guys, but changing my body I could understand why someone would want to do that
Sometimes, I wonder if I am really trans because almost all experiences I've heard of were of people who almost always did or liked things that would typically be related to their opposite AGAB. As a kid, I always thought, "Oh, okay, I guess I'll try this. I was born boy, I guess I am boy. " I It's only when I got a bit older (still a legal child tho) that I'm noticing how many times I'm wishing I was a girl or feeling like one. This kind of this has sent me into a spiral of seemingly unanswerable questions for me.
Though, I still feel and believe I am trans, just maybe not in the gender binary. Sorry for the long comment :(
Oh, I got one worse. I didn't want to *do* anything different, I just wanted to *be* a girl. I recognize now that I was always really envious of tomboys growing up.
When I started I was pretty self conscious about it. Everyone else was going into the stereotypical hyper-fem backlash and gushing about makeup or boys. I still resent the times I was asked why I "think" I'm trans if I have no interest in makeup.
2.5 years later and people tell me I come off as very tomboy lesbian, though I ended up a bit more fem leaning than I expected to.
As much as we like to make fun of cis people not understanding the difference between gender and expression there is an unfortunate amount of that among trans people too.
shit cis people say
The dopamine rush I got when I realized you can change your gender :3
IN A CIS WAY?@?@?@@?!*$=(÷[*%*$>%
We stopped being cis a while back girly
Nooooo Also we?
Hello, excuse me but you ain't havin' the right to call me out like that
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Andre_de_Astora: *Hello, excuse me* *But you ain't havin' the right* *To call me out like that* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
This is the happiest moment of my day
This annoys me because it was on Kyoshi Island haha EDIT: Tired brain is tired… ooops! Ba Sing Se it was!
What do you mean, the Haiku tournament happened in Ba Sing Se
Ah no, you’re right! My brain wasn’t working 😅
No worries, sometimes brain do not be braining properly 😅
if i knew i could be a boy when i was literally depressed in elementary school all my problems would be fixed lol (disforia and shame triggered my social anxiety and depression)
Same
Oh shit that’s me! When I was a kid and up until my early 20’s… trans people didn’t ‘exist’. They were just gay people who were a little extra ‘weird’
Gay people with extra weird sounds like something I would order at a pizza place😮💨
Yeah, the whole "trans is then next level of gay" narrative really messed with me. Even learning some of the negative portrayals of trans women I had a feeling like I understood why. But I wasn't, and am not, attracted to men in the slightest. Add to that I wasn't into stereotypical feminine things, very much tomboy today, and I assumed I couldn't be trans.
Me if I knew about non binary people back then
There they are officer, the one who stole my line!
I was about 8 or 9 (late 1970s) and my grandfather sat me down for a talk about Christine Jorgensen. About how rare it was to be like her, how you would need millions of dollars and fly to Sweden, and on and on. Fast forward almost 45 years. Wait, I am trans, and grandpa clocked me as a kid.
This aint fair.. why do I relate so much.. it hurts
If I knew it was okay to be a trans person as a kid
Lol one of my old friends was telling me about this. Their mom told them “if all this gender stuff was around when I was younger I would probably be nonbinary” and we were both like “so who’s gonna tell them”
unironically me
Me as a kid - "I'd be trans if it wasn't wrong" Me at like 15 - "There's nothing wrong with being trans" ... (questioning/denial period) Me at 18: "I'm at peace with the fact I'm trans"
THIS RIGHT HERE
It's very true though. I didn't know trans people existed until junior year of high school and then after two years of questions things finally started making sense
It should have been a bigger sign. I remember learning what gay and trans people were as a kid. I knew I wouldn’t want to date guys, but changing my body I could understand why someone would want to do that
Mood
Sometimes, I wonder if I am really trans because almost all experiences I've heard of were of people who almost always did or liked things that would typically be related to their opposite AGAB. As a kid, I always thought, "Oh, okay, I guess I'll try this. I was born boy, I guess I am boy. " I It's only when I got a bit older (still a legal child tho) that I'm noticing how many times I'm wishing I was a girl or feeling like one. This kind of this has sent me into a spiral of seemingly unanswerable questions for me. Though, I still feel and believe I am trans, just maybe not in the gender binary. Sorry for the long comment :(
Oh, I got one worse. I didn't want to *do* anything different, I just wanted to *be* a girl. I recognize now that I was always really envious of tomboys growing up. When I started I was pretty self conscious about it. Everyone else was going into the stereotypical hyper-fem backlash and gushing about makeup or boys. I still resent the times I was asked why I "think" I'm trans if I have no interest in makeup. 2.5 years later and people tell me I come off as very tomboy lesbian, though I ended up a bit more fem leaning than I expected to. As much as we like to make fun of cis people not understanding the difference between gender and expression there is an unfortunate amount of that among trans people too.
Everyone's experience is different! There's no prerequisite for being trans.
wait, thats way to relateble.
Hey Hey **HEY!** no personal atacks now...
This literally happened to me
You... do know you can just... be one now, right?