• Seraph@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    As a man you learn quickly if you’re the nail that sticks up you’re the one to get hammered. We’re forced to blend in.

    Really this applies to everyone too.

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      7 months ago

      This is not meant as personal attack on anyone, but if I can go out every day while visibly trans, ya’ll can wear something other than blue jeans and a band tee-shirt. At least for dates 😅

      • Jilanico@lemmy.worldOPM
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        7 months ago

        As an adult, I couldn’t care less what people think, but growing up it mattered a lot more. We learn some bitter lessons as children.

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          7 months ago

          I guess it did, although especially in middle school I took the disapproval of the some people as a sign I was probably doing something right. I was definitely not dressed like any of my peers even long before I knew I was trans.

          But I was also taller than everyone until high-school (reached 5’7” some time in 6th grade) and it might have helped more than I realized back then ? It’s not easy bullying someone who’s 2 feet taller than you 😄