About 1 in 160ish people, according to the latest stats, are trans.
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This means that the probability that an average high school has no trans kids currently enrolled is exceptionally small.
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When you're closeted, like I was in high school, things like this affirm your place in the closet.
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It tells you that your private suffering is better than an attempt to be out, because if your out no one, not even the gov't, has your back.
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[cw: self-harm] It may not shock you to learn this has deadly consequences for many.
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It's easy to support people who are outwardly and openly identifying as trand, queer, whatever. But it's the behavior when people don't know
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that matters most. Trans kids who come out are very brave. So are the ones who don't.
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We need to protect them all, to make a space for them when they're ready. To help them be ready.
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and it keeps them in there and that's largely the point
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@elleemmm You just described the exact reason they're doing this.
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It hurts ALL trans kids that transitioned. It allows ppl to ask the question y a girl is in the boys room stall. 1/
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Pointing them out to bullies and bigots. I know you know this. Just feel the need to type it out for those that dont 2/2
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