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  • Seagoon_
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    1 year ago

    it’s all good and there’s no one way to look like or be a woman

    so many big hugs

    ( and can I say I envy your confidence :) )

    • PeelerSheila
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      1 year ago

      there’s no one way to look like or be a woman

      Well said! I think I want this on a t-shirt.

      • RosaliePreistley
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        1 year ago

        The cis normativity I’m talking about actually comes from within the trans community. Because we’ve been gatekept for so fucking long. It used to be not very long ago you had to present for a year as the opposite gender to birth to be even considered trans by a fucking psychologist. People in the UK have to wait 5 years and jump through similar hoops. I’m legitimately part of very new generation of trans people who have had positive experiences in dealing with health care providers. There’s a lot of us, but the old cis norms fucking resent the shit out of us.

    • RosaliePreistley
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      1 year ago

      Precisely and thank you so much for all of your kindness and support.

      • Seagoon_
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        1 year ago

        I kinda get you, I refuse to dress my age, as if that is a thing 🤷‍♀️ but I’m not trying to look young, I look like me