I used to drink ketchup packets when I was a kid and everyone would get really mad because they would go to get some ketchup and it would all be gone and I would be sitting there with red little lips. did this in church too but they didn't get as bad about it because it was my grandmother and her friends and they knew I was autistic long before I was diagnosed. And this was before I was diagnosed so I did get spanked and yelled at for it. Was too busy thinking about them ketchup packets to learn my lesson
Also a fun fact, if anyone is REALLY set on knowing your birth gender, they're not a good person. Somebody in the community or an ally outside of it would NOT be asking. It's a huge red flag to be caught up on what you were born as, just saying.
Reminder that you don't HAVE to tell anyone your birth sex. I've lied about it my entire life, I've never been happier to not be bound to a set of expected chromosomes, hormones, cycles, or genitalia. I've never been happier to see them tear themselves apart trying to find out how to misgender me.
They look to my chest, there's breasts. So I must be a girl?
But they look to my pants, there's balls. So I must be a boy?
Nope, nope, nope. They can't get me if they don't know me, I will forever be out of the mold. Do the same
(if you want to, telling people is fine obviously I'm just very dramatic)
Love speedrunning all my work first thing in the morning and then having the rest of the day off. It's what the medieval peasants would have wanted
Reminder that you don't HAVE to tell anyone your birth sex. I've lied about it my entire life, I've never been happier to not be bound to a set of expected chromosomes, hormones, cycles, or genitalia. I've never been happier to see them tear themselves apart trying to find out how to misgender me.
They look to my chest, there's breasts. So I must be a girl?
But they look to my pants, there's balls. So I must be a boy?
Nope, nope, nope. They can't get me if they don't know me, I will forever be out of the mold. Do the same
(if you want to, telling people is fine obviously I'm just very dramatic)
Another reminder for you all, the whole "There's so many more gay and trans people now, something is SURELY corrupting everyone!" just... Isn't true.
It's the same thing as the 2018-2020's "Autism pandemic" where a lot more people were diagnosed with Autism and everyone was panicking because "There's so many more autistic people now, something is SURELY corrupting everyone!" was all over the news. But, it turns out that's only because they actually RESEARCHED. They actually spent TIME on autistics, and it became more acceptable to be autistic.
The same thing happened with atheism, the same "There's so many more atheists now, something is SURELY corrupting everyone!" was spread about to target every minority and children's entertainment source.
It's the same argument. It always has been. It's not that everyone is being corrupted, your child isn't going to randomly turn gay or trans. It's just that you won't get executed by the law for being in LGBTQIIA+ anymore.
The kids will be fine.
Just a reminder that you don't need to feel bad about not getting top surgery as a trans guy. There are cis men with bigger tits you'll be fine
The "I'm not like other girls" to trans man pipeline is so real
18th century Europe really just saw one autistic person and couldn't keep themselves together huh
Me when I'm mildly disturbed (this ruins my routine for the next 50 years)