I was just dunking on the alt right, lol. You’re right that “gender critical” is as misleadingly propagandized as “pro-life,“ especially since it absolutely sounded like what I was before my egg cracked- I can absolutely imagine someone trying to find answers about themselves, reading terf bigotry, and getting forced way back into the closet to become the trans version of the “everyone gets crushes on their friends” lady.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can absolutely imagine someone trying to find answers about themselves, reading terf bigotry, and getting forced way back into the closet to become the trans version of the “everyone gets crushes on their friends” lady.

That's a sad image. I personally feel quite privileged by having grown up in a relatively (for the time and location) queer-friendly environment and now living in a quite accepting bubble (including my employer, coworkers, family and friends), yet I consider myself an egg that's not guaranteed to hatch due to personal insecurities and stuff.
I can't imagine how tough and gut wrenching it must be to not be this privileged and wonder about the things I do.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

I was on tumblr as a teenager and didn’t come out until my twenties for exactly this reason.

[–] Shhalahr 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the “everyone gets crushes on their friends” lady.

Is that a reference to someone in particular?

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not that I’m aware of, but I’ve known a few

[–] sandriver 2 points 1 year ago

Broad part of immediately recognisable queer humorous archetypes I think, see also the "everyone's a little bit bisexual" guy or "not like the other boys" "guy".