Boy oh boy, I can’t wait until the day where my making a joke about being trans in any public space doesn’t escalate into me having to cite 60 different resources to defend/prove the fact that yes, being trans is a thing and I am indeed warranted respect. I just want to joke about how Ayn Rand can suck my future dick or saw a choice chance for a pun. Sometimes I just forget that the fact that I was born with a mismatched brain and body means I have to defend my existence and dignity at every turn. Sigh.
Among the worst have been "TERFs," trans-exclusionary radical feminists. You’d expect the typical Christian fundamentalist rejection, alt-right hate, but wait, a feminist group who hates a vulnerable minority? Yup, they’re real and their pseudointellectual power trips terrify the hell out of me. Honestly I’ve had a lot of friends who weren’t super knowledgeable regarding terminology and stuff but were like "you go dude, do what makes you happy" and then we’d make good (lack of and/or future) dick jokes and they’d get to understand my situation, but then you have these creepy ladies who somehow think anyone who’s been touched by male levels of testosterone in their lives is some kind of monster. :/ My aunt, one of my only decent biological relatives, is friends with one and shares a lot of her ideals, and I no longer contact her because I know she’d just tell me I’m a confused tomboy who needs to try "accepting myself." God, I’ve tried. You think I’ve decided to be a trans person and face hella medical expenses and societal discrimination for the kicks? I’m transitioning because it’s literally the best thing for me and I have been so much happier since I started. I tried to be a girl. It just isn’t what I’m wired for.
I wish being trans didn’t have to come with all this bullshit baggage. I know it’s kind of a difficult thing to understand, as opposed to being gay/bisexual, but so many people just immediately think they’re medical experts when it comes to us, that they somehow "know" what’s best for us. I just want to be a normal guy who sometimes makes choice jokes at his current lack of dick.
Among the worst have been "TERFs," trans-exclusionary radical feminists. You’d expect the typical Christian fundamentalist rejection, alt-right hate, but wait, a feminist group who hates a vulnerable minority? Yup, they’re real and their pseudointellectual power trips terrify the hell out of me. Honestly I’ve had a lot of friends who weren’t super knowledgeable regarding terminology and stuff but were like "you go dude, do what makes you happy" and then we’d make good (lack of and/or future) dick jokes and they’d get to understand my situation, but then you have these creepy ladies who somehow think anyone who’s been touched by male levels of testosterone in their lives is some kind of monster. :/ My aunt, one of my only decent biological relatives, is friends with one and shares a lot of her ideals, and I no longer contact her because I know she’d just tell me I’m a confused tomboy who needs to try "accepting myself." God, I’ve tried. You think I’ve decided to be a trans person and face hella medical expenses and societal discrimination for the kicks? I’m transitioning because it’s literally the best thing for me and I have been so much happier since I started. I tried to be a girl. It just isn’t what I’m wired for.
I wish being trans didn’t have to come with all this bullshit baggage. I know it’s kind of a difficult thing to understand, as opposed to being gay/bisexual, but so many people just immediately think they’re medical experts when it comes to us, that they somehow "know" what’s best for us. I just want to be a normal guy who sometimes makes choice jokes at his current lack of dick.