So, my kid saw a picture of activists from Yes on 3 celebrating the victory and the only thing he said was "They're all obviously trans."
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Today, I love the diversity of trans identities and expressions. But if I hadn't finally stumbled on the knowledge that T pretty universally results in a cis-male-passing appearance, I'd probably still be closeted.
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So, how do I talk to a gender nonconforming kid who has this incredibly familiar bad attitude of scrutinizing how well every trans person passes?
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That is complicated. I might just play this a lot. And point out everyone's special beauty. https://youtu.be/zreTvtpTeoU
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Ooph, that’s a tough one. I try to keep in mind that: 1) Passing isn’t everyone’s goal and there’s not really a wrong way to be trans. 2) We scrutinize the heck out of each other. The rest of society will never be as capable of clocking us as we are of clocking each other.
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I would definitely be emphasizing #1 if he was any other kid, but I strongly suspect #2 is what he needs to hear even more- and this is about the point of my thought process where I freeze up and don't say anything in the moment.
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