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alexseanchai) wrote2015-08-28 11:54 am
alexseanchai) wrote2015-08-28 11:54 am
tw epic massive transphobia
MOTHER.
So I woke up and came downstairs and she was at the living room computer and I went to give her a hug. (Probably my first mistake. But I like having human contact.) And I happened to see what she was typing. Disqus comment on something or other. I forget the exact words, but it went something like, people who think of their gender as "assigned at birth" (complete with sneer quotes) and don't want to be called "he" or "she" should be referred to as "it", because these people are "dehumanizing themselves" (quote marks mine, not hers)—and that's about as far as she'd gotten.
UM HI MOTHER I AM RIGHT HERE.
I am going to be straight up fucking disowned when I tell her I'm genderqueer, aren't I. Because I'm not fucking cis and therefore I am, through my own doing, not fucking human.
ETA: I love my sisters. I put this same rant on Facebook, the realname account on which Mom is blocked, and asked middle sister for a hug. Youngest sister saw it first and came gave me a hug and said "Don't listen to her" and pointed Mom's way. Then middle sister saw it and came gave me a hug and said "You're not an 'it'." <3 :)
So I woke up and came downstairs and she was at the living room computer and I went to give her a hug. (Probably my first mistake. But I like having human contact.) And I happened to see what she was typing. Disqus comment on something or other. I forget the exact words, but it went something like, people who think of their gender as "assigned at birth" (complete with sneer quotes) and don't want to be called "he" or "she" should be referred to as "it", because these people are "dehumanizing themselves" (quote marks mine, not hers)—and that's about as far as she'd gotten.
UM HI MOTHER I AM RIGHT HERE.
I am going to be straight up fucking disowned when I tell her I'm genderqueer, aren't I. Because I'm not fucking cis and therefore I am, through my own doing, not fucking human.
ETA: I love my sisters. I put this same rant on Facebook, the realname account on which Mom is blocked, and asked middle sister for a hug. Youngest sister saw it first and came gave me a hug and said "Don't listen to her" and pointed Mom's way. Then middle sister saw it and came gave me a hug and said "You're not an 'it'." <3 :)
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"Happy" seems a bit of a reach right now, but maybe I'll go for a walk and try to cry it out and then calm down and then we'll see about happy.
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When happy is hard, I strive for content. You can find contentment in small things like a cup of tea or that walk you mentioned.
Good luck, my dear. I wish you nothing but the best
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Thanks