this may be controversial, and I wanna say this isnt me saying that I know people's gender better than they do, this is me observing that "still cis tho" is used facetiously by people who are trans.
I've seen posts like "i just got prescribed hrt! please call me [name] and she/her! still cis tho", and I feel like it wouldn't be out of the question to see a post along the lines of "been on hormones for 20 years, post op, been to 10 different pride parades, still cis tho".
and while I acknowledge that hormones and surgery and participation in pride don't make you trans, I again am acknowledging that "still cis tho" is facetious.
why does this bug me? "just let people tell funny jokes it's funny!", it's the inferrance that it's fine to do all these things, just as long as you're not trans. anything but calling yourself trans. anything but straight up being a tranny. even if you've gotten SRS and have been on hormones forever, so long as you're "male living as a female"/"female living as a male" as huge piece of shit Buck Angel puts it.
it's ok to be trans. it's ok to admit that you're trans. and it's ok to admit to yourself that you are. you're allowed to be trans and come out of the closet. i promise it's ok.
basically this post is just me wishing people could be more comfortable coming out and also wishing people didn't like, make fun of themselves by laughing and joking that they're still cis.
maybe I'm just stupid and wrong forever actually maybe I'm reading too deep into it and I should just let people tell jokes.
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