• psud@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I cleared year 12 in 1995 and I could have called myself trans, except there was no such word. I was just a boy who wanted long hair and girls clothes and toys. One of my happiest early memories was when the guy at the holiday spot lolly kiosk addressed me and my sister as girls

    If the word existed, I wouldn’t have used it since I was bullied for my accent, my height, my name. I knew from an early age that you couldn’t be different

    I wasn’t expelled when I punched a bully in the mouth in 3rd grade primary school. I was told it was wrong, but it worked, I wasn’t bullied any more in the last 3 years at that school

    I wasn’t expelled (or punished at all) from high school when I threw the desk at a bully in year 10, and that also stopped the bullying for the two remaining years there

    By the time I heard the word trans I was very much shaped and socialised to my assigned gender.