Sky's Trash Dump

Why? LGBTQ+ Rant

So I recently found out that a friend of mine is horribly conservative. He believes that gay, trans, ace, pan, and anything not "normal" is a phase that kinda just goes away. It doesn't. It doesn't just go away. Gender dysphoria, different sexualities, gender expression, and the like are just a part of who you are.

Let me put it this way. I'm out to pretty much everyone but my family as lowkey trans. What, you didn't know? Now you do. I won't ever be able to come out due to personal reasons.

It's because so many of the people I'm surrounded by are painfully conservative. Any mention of myself not being "normal" is met with "but you're not"

I really wish things weren't so rigid with people. Why can't you stray from society's norm without being seen as "disturbed"?

In other words, I can't understand why it's so unacceptable to be different. I'm me. You've dealt with it the whole time you've known me. Why would one extra fact suddenly change who I am? Nothing changes if you just know something else about me. Would I become someone different if you found out that I don't like tomatoes? No? Then how would knowing that I'm trans make me a different person?

If you didn't know I was trans, the signs have been there. I hate dresses. I can't stand heels. I cut my hair. I wear a hat 24/7. I go by a masculine name on most social media platforms. Tomboy? If I'm a tomboy, I wouldn't have cared that I still looked feminine. It was really up to someone to take the hint and find out.

If this revelation makes you see me differently, then I must ask.

Why?