I want to boost everything this person has said and add on.
The reason I call myself a tomboy now, despite it being seen as a childish word and having had someone swear at me over it because âtHeReâS nO suCh thInG as BoY thInGs anD giRL thIngS sHut uPâ is because I couldnât call myself that or be like that when I was a kid. It was seen as a negative thing and I was already bullied enough. âLooking like a boyâ was the worst thing that could happen to a girl.
And Iâm not even 26 yet. We arenât talking 30+ years ago, we are talking 2000s and even 2010s. Itâs only since trans people have become more accepted in the past few years that gender nonconformity has too.
And the people who helped me accept my gender nonconformity more than anyone else? Were trans people. They taught me, âthereâs nothing wrong with how you feel. Youâre still a valid woman no matter what you wear, how you have your hair or what youâre into â¤ď¸â
And donât even get me started on how people treat gender nonconforming men. JK Rowling has a lot of nerve to be like âuwu boys can wear dresses and only us gendercrits accept that!â when she has, even in recent works, made femininity in men a negative trait, as well as making masculinity in women a negative trait also.
A lot of people still donât accept gnc people even now. Just last year I had someone tell me theyâd never let their daughter âdress like a boyâ, and Iâm always terrified to walk into a bathroom in case the next JK Rowling is in there, sees my gender expression and pepper sprays me or worse.
âThereâs no such thing as boy things and girl things.â I donât need to be told that and Iâm sure 99% of trans people also donât need to be told that. Tell that to the society that hates us both instead of actively encouraging that hate.
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