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Pretty fucking sad that it takes personal impact for any of these assholes to experience empathy.
Honestly that some are capable is uplifting...just not in the way you're thinking.
I got lucky, my family never cared about me being anything specific so my social transition was the dream of minor annoyances while they had to overwrite a lifetime of conditioning of what they called me... But I have other trans friends who are clinging to the bricks by their nails because their parents think they are possessed by demons or "Don't want to deepen their mental illness by playing along" So many parents demand absolute piety and there is something inside us damaged irreparably when they withhold their love.
I get to be strong because I am cherished by my people. To see people weakened for the lack of something I am given so freely is to know that I am not just lucky. It is to know exactly how much I owe to circumstance. Many of those who starve for acceptance see people like this and while the bitter see the nearsightedness... The dreamer dreams that it is possible one day it could happen to them because people who actually changed when it is their kid are rarer than you could hope.
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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