When I went to an lgbt youth group in hopes that I could find a fellow trans girl and maybe evolve it into something more but the only people there were transmen, non-binaries, and gay men, and I felt really weird as the only girl there.

I went to a trans meetup recently for the first time, to meet some MTF people like me so I can actually meet someone who went through similar stuff. Pretty sure it was a similar demographic situation as OP.

The pronoun circle was weird for me because I'm still pre-everything, and I'm fine with male pronouns since I look and act pretty much male. But I felt like I should've used at least "they", but honestly pronouns don't really bother me. I get they matter for others but not me at this point. I then felt like saying it doesn't matter but then I was worried that takes away from those for whom it does matter. My doctors have been asking my pronouns, too, and same situation there.

The actually meetup wasn't that useful for me. I went here, like any student club, expecting to talk about these sorts of things. But the club was more of a space to just hang out together and work on random arts and crafts. That's totally cool and fine to have, but not what I was looking for or something I had time for. It was a bit more awkward for me because I felt like the only new person there, so I felt like I was this annoying new person (who might even look like a damn chaser or something) who wasn't a part of the group.

A political club I joined had a structured event at the start, like a lecture with questions and discussion after, and then moved on to a social. Imo this is a great way to run these non-hobby, interest-focused student groups, because then someone could come just for the first part, or the second part, or they might stay for the second since they now feel more comfortable. Even just for the first few meetups.

That's obviously more work, and I'm not saying it needs to be done. Also this idea might be bad, or not what the club is going for. But that's what I was looking for, especially for a club in a university context.

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