for what it's worth I disagree entirely. [I Am a Democrat]
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/4/26/2027668/-I-was-also-gender-dysphoric-as-a-child-Here-is-why-it-is-completely-irrelevant-to-Trans-rights-now
I knew right away at 13 that my Anime obsession was not a PHASE I would EVER grow out of, I also understood that I would never ever develop a desire for children.
at 35 I now know I was right and every dipshit that insisted adamantly I was wrong knew NOTHING.
Because I still Am an Otaku, in fact even STRONGER than before and I NEVER WANT Kids.
I bring this all up even though it seems unrelated because I was aware of my identity at such a young age.
And I was alienated at what was expected of me as a man.
my instincts were not wrong then, and they're not wrong now.
oh and, Being an Anime Nerd back then was something you couldn't do without paying a price for it.
I knew right away at 13 that my Anime obsession was not a PHASE I would EVER grow out of, I also understood that I would never ever develop a desire for children.
at 35 I now know I was right and every dipshit that insisted adamantly I was wrong knew NOTHING.
Because I still Am an Otaku, in fact even STRONGER than before and I NEVER WANT Kids.
I bring this all up even though it seems unrelated because I was aware of my identity at such a young age.
And I was alienated at what was expected of me as a man.
my instincts were not wrong then, and they're not wrong now.
oh and, Being an Anime Nerd back then was something you couldn't do without paying a price for it.