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One thing sticks with me about the hand wringing around trans acceptance. Well, okay, many things do, but I'm gonna talk about one that's about me.
I am not now, nor have I ever been, a manly man. I'm not butch. There are quite a few aspects of masculinity that are not me.
But I'm cis.
But I'm cis.
There is no version of me that isn't a dude. A dude who can sometimes be effeminate in some ways, because nothing except numbers is ever binary, and I'm not sure about the numbers.
But a dude. I have zero gender dysphoria.
But a dude. I have zero gender dysphoria.
And that's the thing about acceptance: It allows you to examine who you are, free of fear. And folks who are trans or non binary but haven't allowed themselves to realize that will, and be happier for it.
And folks that aren't will be able to check in with themselves and say "yup, sex and gender align."
Outside of little bubbles of community, we aren't there yet. But shouldn't that be the goal? People living their lives outside as they are inside?
Outside of little bubbles of community, we aren't there yet. But shouldn't that be the goal? People living their lives outside as they are inside?
