@kdinjenzen So, I just heard that Kdin Jenzen (y'know, from AH?) is transgender mtf and I'm just.. I feel like I'm gonna cry. As a huge fan of Rooster Teeth and Achievement Hunter and as a transgender ftm, I am so happy to have someone in the RT/AH staff who are transgender, because it means we are not alone. We have representation, and I feel that Kdin will make sure of it that we feel safe on the website and in the community if no one else will. I cry tears of happiness because someone understands and I love that this proves to me in solid fact that Rooster Teeth does not discriminate against any one person. Before, sadly, I had had doubts, and that didn't lead me to wanting to study certain things because of my interest in them because of Rooster Teeth. Thinking that if I was gonna study these topics and blindly hope that one day (even if slim) that I would work for RT, then I would be happy. But there was no way that I could have known that they weren't prejudiced or discriminatory around transgender people. Now that I know, I am even happier to be a fan and contribute as a FIRST member to RT. Not many people know this, but there was a long time when I was depressed and suicidal. I had just come out as transgender and I was ready to end my life because I thought I was broken. I stumbled upon RT one day through their podcast, and found that for the first time, I was able to laugh and be happy again. And it was because of them. And yet still I held them at a distance, didn't want to get my hopes up because as far as I knew at the time, they didn't accept transgender people. Now I know better. And yet, I also cry tears of sadness. Because I know that if Kdin knows this, she's known it for a while. A long while. I don't know if she's come out to family or friends or who she's come out to, but I know what it feels like. What it feels like to be misgendered every single day because either they don't know or they don't care. Because they are ignorant or you just don't "pass" as your gender. I cry tears of sadness because for years. For Years, we went and misgendered her, and even if we didn't know, we contributed to her suffering in some shape or form. I cry tears of sadness and shame because I told myself I would never misgendered someone for as long as I live because I never wanted to hurt someone like people have hurt me. And yet I went and misgendered a wonderful, beautiful young lady for YEARS, even if I didn't know. And that makes me sick. I hope that Kdin reads this, because I just want to tell her, on behalf of the community, how sorry we are. How much we respect her and look up to her as a (semi)public figure who has come out to us. How much we admire how brave you are in the face of the assholes who won't accept you as the wonderful young women you are. And that I apologize on behalf of everyone who gets your pronouns wrong, who disrespects and degrades you. Who disregards you for you. Thank you. I'm sorry. You're amazing. You're brave. -- Anthony M. W. (DDRay from RoosterTeeth.com / @VaguePostersRUs on Twitter)
