so last week I talked to this kid who’s in charge of the school newspaper for some article he’s writing on transgender people (he’s been talking with me and a trans guy on campus)
one of the first things he asks me is
“How long did you live as a gay man before transitioning?”
….
yeah.
I was like WHOOOOOOA BACK THE FUCK UP THERE and explained to him why that isn’t really true (in fact, why these days, it's rarely true.)
man, people really don’t get it, do they? It’s a shame how many of the old stereotypes still persist…
