💜 you are special and loved

That’s conveniently ignoring the fact that New York State is hundreds of times larger than just the city, and a huge portion of it is rural farmland.

I find myself continuously explaining to people how much of a benefit youth sports can be (soccer referee here) and how playing with your peers can be a really good form of mental growth and stability, and denying that to individuals because their outward appearance doesn’t match their gender causes irreparable harm during a child’s most formative years.

The chance that someone loses a scholarship to a trans child is infinitesimally small and the harm that is being caused to trans children through exclusion is guaranteed. The “think of the children” argument only works when you don’t include the trans child themselves in the equation. Otherwise the choice is simple.

That’s exactly why I’m NB (and why my pronouns are they/any) - gender as a social construct is dumb. However, everyone should be able to express themselves however they want in the way that makes them the happiest.

Apple I’m so happy for you and I wish you the absolute best

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I absolutely love that color hair on you! Makes you absolutely glow

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This is as safe of a place as any. Better to celebrate in a safe community vs feeding imagery to a mega Corp…

No such thing as being late here when you’re cute

I love your hair!

Thank you! 💜

💜 I’m proud of you

My SO bought the dress for me off of Amazon of all places. I’ve not found anything else like it. It’s still the only dress I own myself because I haven’t found anything else that fits me (not physically but emotionally 😂). Thank you so much for the compliments 💜

Your pronoun usage is perfectly fine! I’ve waffled between they/them and any/all, but I have ended up compromising on they/any as a reminder to whoever understands that while I may prefer they that I’m going to respond to you no matter how you refer to me as long as you’re respectful and I can tell you’re talking about me.

Personally I think that gender as a social construct is dumb and so I’m choosing in my own way to show that (hence NB even though I’m choosing to dress more femme). And I will fight to the death to allow my brothers and sisters to express themselves however they want to.

Thank you for the warm welcome 💜 I’ve technically been out to myself for about 2 years now and I was mentally preparing myself to be publicly out but then the election happened and I got scared (even though I’m in a trans friendly state) so at this point I’m only out to a handful of people irl, not even my family (who I think would be confused but accept me, but I’m not sure they’d be able to keep it a secret which is why I’ve hesitated coming out to them). I told myself that it’d be easy enough to hide using my “cis male privilege” until I felt like I (and therefore my SO and family) wouldn’t be in danger by being out publicly, and instead I’ve been doing my best to help out others who are in their journey. Y’all inspire me so much - I feel like a fraud when I lurk in these spaces 😂

My city celebrates pride during July so it’s right on time still