Mastodawn

When I was figuring my self out, one of the things that cracked off a big chunk of shell was a reasonably famous dude on Twitter (well you know Twitter famous) saying he'd thought about his gender and come to the conclusion he was really a dude.

Up until that point I'd been hiding behind the assumption that anyone who actually thought about this would end up figuring they aren't their gender assigned at birth, and most people have just never thought about it but were probably some flavour of non binary at least.

RE: masto.hackers.town/users/siege/statuses/116177643222854981

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Persephone Mar 5

So... Hay... Cis folk, I... Errr... Think there are some of you following me... Maybe...

Want to do a trans person a solid and chime in with your answers below.?

Have you thought about your gender? What it would be like to not be your current gender?

Did it feel good? Better? "Oh fuck no"?

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brolf Mar 5

@mindpersephone
Hi, cis dude here.

I thought (wishfully) about being a girl when puberty hit me, but it was mostly/only about sex, masturbation and general horniness. (Not that being trans would have been possible where I grew up but that's beside the point.)

Only after I met some really cute trans people and becoming friends with them I questioned my gender again. I thought a bit about becoming an enby because I really don't care about reproduction and T has some nasty side effects.

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brolf

@mindpersephone But in the end I just didn't feel wrong being male and looking like the hairy dude I am.

That doesn't mean I don't see all the toxic masculinity that plagues my kind to the point it backfires so hard on us.
I had my fair share of mobbing and BS just because I like my hair long. I got called "girl", " gay" and so on as insults for years and that broke things in me.

I wish people would be okay with how others express themselves regardless of clothing, hairstyle, gender ....