I think we'd solve a lot of problems if it was just accepted that teens and adolescents should fuck around with their gender presentation
@rooster Oh No BuT tHe SoCiEtY!!!111oneeleven 🤡

@rooster Can we co-opt other terms to confuse and arouse people?
The goth twink -> transfem pipeline is well established after all

"damn kids experimenting with goth!"

yessssss my pretties 🖤

@Foritus @rooster I... what... shit.
OK, you have me with this one.
@rooster “fuck around and find out” applies when the find out is just like, you wore seem weird clothes for a few months and decided it wasn’t for you. It’s not just for serious/permanently damaging stuff!
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If there's ever a time, that's the time.

@rooster my kids school is a hot bed is this sort of thing, and the school is just fine with it. Of course it's an alternative school, and we live deep in liberal Seattle territory...

My kid identifies girl, but is male presenting has a crush on another kid at school who identifies male, but female presenting and they are currently NOT dating... But spend lots of time together watch movies and go get food together...

Not dating tho... Lol

@rooster And if we could just make a small extension from there, and extend this to all stages of life and all aspects of self, that'd be just perfect.
@rooster And any part of their identity too! Some colleagues were so worried when one of our students started wearing the hijab. It lasted 6 months, she decided it wasn't for her at this time, she stopped. Not a big deal. That questioning and experimenting is healthy and adults should hold safe and supportive space for it.
(Barring violence towards others)

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they should be teached that it's fun and possible

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Absolutely. Kid the Younger has tested the waters of a lot of different identities. A lot of both Kids’ schoolmates are Queer in different ways. Kid the Elder is 100% cis-straight, but somehow those are the friends he made. 🤷‍♀️
My response was always cool, whatever. Feel it out and figure out who you are.
@rooster Rocky Horror Picture Show ftw
@rooster how else are they going to find out, after all!

honestly, more people of all ages should be allowed to fuck around with presentation