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unfortunately contribute to a very anti-trans and anti-queer sort of atmosphere that then turn around and say, well, I don't want you to be gay or queer or trans because you might get bullied, not realizing that they are contributing to that same energy.
But ultimately, I think the thing that would have, I came out as trans as a young adult and didn't really have access.
I mean, I tried to come out several times.
I've always felt exactly who I am.
The only thing that was different was how I was perceived by other people.
And I knew, like I'm well aware of who I am, how I was born and all this, but I also knew how I felt and it just didn't work for me.
And I was, the only way I can explain it is I had this
Like I was like, I would laugh and joke and stuff, but like underneath there was like an underlying sadness that was just always there until I was able to really click into who I am and express that.
And I think every human being knows what it's like to want to, it's every, I hear so many human beings, regardless of their political affiliation, that they want to be accepted for who they are.
And that is, I think, at the crux of this conversation and when a parent is trying to figure out what the best thing is to do.
And no, we have to understand that so much of the fear that parents have and people who are naysayers of the trans community
are listening to everybody but trans people on this issue totally yeah like they don't yeah statistically most people don't personally know someone who's trans right uh you know a lot of you can hear it in how they're talking about it saying they're coming in and they're they're riding on elephants and like they're just like this it's like what are you talking about like that's not what's happening they make it sound if you listen to fogs like y'all are this organized um
And I also want to, you know, like we can specifically look at the numbers when it comes to that misinformation.