You dragged me in this mess as well
I want to boost everything this person has said and add on.
The reason I call myself a tomboy now, despite it being seen as a childish word and having had someone swear at me over it because βtHeReβS nO suCh thInG as BoY thInGs anD giRL thIngS sHut uPβ is because I couldnβt call myself that or be like that when I was a kid. It was seen as a negative thing and I was already bullied enough. βLooking like a boyβ was the worst thing that could happen to a girl.
And Iβm not even 26 yet. We arenβt talking 30+ years ago, we are talking 2000s and even 2010s. Itβs only since trans people have become more accepted in the past few years that gender nonconformity has too.
And the people who helped me accept my gender nonconformity more than anyone else? Were trans people. They taught me, βthereβs nothing wrong with how you feel. Youβre still a valid woman no matter what you wear, how you have your hair or what youβre into β€οΈβ
And donβt even get me started on how people treat gender nonconforming men. JK Rowling has a lot of nerve to be like βuwu boys can wear dresses and only us gendercrits accept that!β when she has, even in recent works, made femininity in men a negative trait, as well as making masculinity in women a negative trait also.
A lot of people still donβt accept gnc people even now. Just last year I had someone tell me theyβd never let their daughter βdress like a boyβ, and Iβm always terrified to walk into a bathroom in case the next JK Rowling is in there, sees my gender expression and pepper sprays me or worse.
βThereβs no such thing as boy things and girl things.β I donβt need to be told that and Iβm sure 99% of trans people also donβt need to be told that. Tell that to the society that hates us both instead of actively encouraging that hate.
reblog and put in the tagsΒ whatβs your whole editing/art process like?
Please. Let it end.
TUMBLR STOP SHOWING ME THIS MAN
Bi women of color are lovely and deserve support, love, and happiness.
Bi women of color are lovely and deserve support, love, and happiness.
She/Her πΈ reconnecting PNW Native πΈ Mixed from about 3 tribes πΈ Minor πΈ I probably won't post or reblog much because this kind of turned into a personal blog πΈ Very cringe and still learning πΈ Massive over sharer by accident and also the opposite at the same time ? πΈ Always learning πΈ please try to be patient with me πΈ CW: Unreality and venting
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