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are you happy you discovered this part of yourself? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml to c/lgbtq_plus

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I'm happy I found put I was bi. Explained a lot. Don't like biphobes and bigots tho

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[–] __chelsea__ 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, maybe it was closer to two decades when I think about it 😅

Felt some dysphoric feelings when I was young, didn't realize that it could be gender related til I was at least 20 or so, didn't actually come out and start transitioning until 38... oops

The 90's and 00's weren't the best for representation of what "trans" is.

[–] foxtrots 2 points 1 year ago

For sure. There are so many examples of shitty depictions of trans people from that time, but for some reason, the one that specifically really stuck with me was the movie Click - probably because it was one of the only depictions of FtM people I'd seen in media, like, ever, at the time. It reinforced the idea that if I was trans, that would be a horrible thing, and I could never let anybody know.

I'm so glad that things are so completely different now; the depictions of trans people in media now are so varied and there are many really positive ones, and it's really lovely to see the trans pride flag out and about. Being a transphobe is popular among shitheads, but it's much more uncool than back then; if you're openly a transphobe nowadays, most people probably hate dealing with you.