Do people sometimes assume you hate gender?

Yeah this is weird to me too, the way people assume we’re super progressive anti-gender whatever, like we’re gonna put on our glasses and go full phD at the mere mention of anything gender related.

It’s also weird to me how that same stereotype works against other people in the community. I’ve had people say to me that “You’re not crazy like those other people” or “You’re really cool/normal/sane for a trans person”. That really makes me uncomfortable.

Cis people are the ones who create and spread these stereotypes. They don’t understand trans people, they look at us as sideshow attractions, and they base their stereotyoes of us on the worst possible examples. Then when we defy the stereotypes by being reasonable normal adults (wow what a surprise), their minds are blown? People are dumb.

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