Hiding our existence on social media platforms won't make us go away. All it does is hurt those who need to understand who they are. I wouldn't be quite the mess I am if trans people were more accepted when I was growing up in the 80's and early 90's. Visibility matters.......
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I can understand this, even though I identify as a straight male—or slightly as “they.” As a kid, I often felt more like an alien than a human, even though I understood I wasn’t actually an alien. The idea of Transformers resonated with me on an unconscious level, not in a literal sense, but because the archetypes seemed to fit something I couldn’t quite articulate. I felt like I came from a better place than Earth, a place where everyone was different.
It’s only in the past four years that I’ve started to see emotions as more feminine—something I feel out of touch with or incapable of identifying correctly. I think that’s part of why I unconsciously related to Transformers. When I was really young, there was one boy who always treated me like I was inferior. He’d call me a girl all the time and act mean if I so much as called him. At school, he’d act like he didn’t know me, even though he’d come onto my street to socialize. That dynamic confused me and maybe contributed to my difficulty understanding my own emotions.
I recognize that people like me have a degree of privilege and often don’t realize how bad it is for LGBTQ+ people. I’m just saying that I can relate on some level because I’ve often been perceived as not as “masculine” as other men, even though I see myself as pretty normal. As a kid, not feeling entirely “human” or like I fit in made it easier to understand how someone else’s identity or body might not align. Even though I didn’t understand the concept of gender identities back then, the idea made sense. If I could feel like I didn’t belong or fit, it wasn’t a big leap to grasp that others might experience their identity or body in a similar way.
I wonder if some people who don’t understand or deny these experiences are ignoring their own personal feelings. I’ve had people tell me that transgenderism isn’t real, even though there’s clear evidence it existed in many ancient civilizations. I don’t understand what they gain from denying it. It’s almost like we’re living in the dystopian future from X-Men: Days of Future Past. The parallels are unsettling—so much so that it’s hard to enjoy science fiction dystopias anymore because they feel too real.
I used to see X-Men as reflecting deity archetypes, but I can also understand why LGBTQ+ people identify with it. The similarities are striking—the discrimination, the fear, and the struggle for acceptance. The trajectory of technology and politics today feels disturbingly close to that narrative. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t grown up with dark science fiction and dystopian stories because they used to be entertaining, but now they just feel like a grim prediction of reality.
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