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Happy #TransgenderAwareness Week
Here are some great ways to support your trans and non-binary family & friends: (a thread)
Here are some great ways to support your trans and non-binary family & friends: (a thread)
1) Practice gendering them correctly when they're not around. Try telling one of the many stories you have them patiently, making sure to use the correct pronouns and new name. (exp. "When Shaun was a CHILD, THEY would often get spaghetti on THEIR forehead every time.")
2) Actively listen when corrected. It's understood you'll make some mistakes, but when you do and you are corrected be gracious. Don't get defensive. Don't make excuses. Listen. Repeat back the correction. Feel free to throw in a sorry. ("Yes, PERSON. Sorry.")
3) Understand that as hard as it is for you to adjust to new terminology for your loved one, it has been harder for them trying to live in a cis-normative society. Gender dysphoria makes them very depressed. When a loved one misgenders them, it hurts considerably worse.
4) Understand that trans and non-binary people are not a monolith. What you've learned for one trans loved one, might not apply to another one. When in doubt, ask your loved one how they would like for you to speak of them.
5) Put in the effort. When you correctly gender your loved ones, they feel your love. When you mess up and then correct yourself, they feel your love. When you listen to them, they feel your love.
I'm Mx. Struble. I am non-binary. I am neither man nor woman, I am a person. I am neither brother or sister, I am your sibling. I am not son nor daughter, I am your child. Do not refer to me as dude, man, or guy. Buddy, friend or darling are good . My pronouns are they/them.
I love you.
