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BlueVeins · 22-25
I've grown warmer towards trans folks over the years, but I used to kinda be scared of trans people just because the mix of male and female characteristics and anatomy that'd be present in at least some trans folks is just too much of a clash, or contradiction. Sorta like the uncanny valley, I guess, but with sexuality.
That, and I'd be afraid of accidentally saying or doing something offensive to trans people because there's kinda a whole lingo surrounding transgenderism that I didn't know enough to engage with.
But those fears kinda all fell by the wayside once I started reading posts from trans people, watching trans YouTubers, and basically just teaching myself that transgender people are just regular people. And also, it helped that a lot of trans people rreeeaallllyyy fit well with the genders as which they identify, meaning none of that ambiguity. 🤷♂️
That, and I'd be afraid of accidentally saying or doing something offensive to trans people because there's kinda a whole lingo surrounding transgenderism that I didn't know enough to engage with.
But those fears kinda all fell by the wayside once I started reading posts from trans people, watching trans YouTubers, and basically just teaching myself that transgender people are just regular people. And also, it helped that a lot of trans people rreeeaallllyyy fit well with the genders as which they identify, meaning none of that ambiguity. 🤷♂️