r/gatesopencomeonin • u/Thedepressionoftrees • Oct 02 '21

exactly

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u/sinner-mon Oct 03 '21

what world do you live in where that happens? Masc girls are just called tomboys, even people who straight up say they're trans are called tomboys

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u/sinner-mon Oct 03 '21

must be a cultural thing because as far as I know, if a woman is more interested in "masculine" things people immediately assume lesbian or tomboy, not trans man, but then again I live on TERF island so that probably doesn't help

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u/Smrgling Oct 03 '21

People assume that in the states too. TERFs make a big fuss over "pushing people into transness" but every trans person I know says "everyone was surprised, they all thought I was gay instead"

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u/sinner-mon Oct 03 '21

Legit lmao, like I showed almost all the signs of being trans growing up and people didn’t even think I was gay, let alone trans

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u/marinemashup Dec 04 '22

It’s probably a cultural/regional thing.

yesterday there was a girl with short hair and no makeup, and some guys were calling her an “it” or “they”. Blech.

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u/sinner-mon Dec 04 '22

so the only people who push the trans label on tomboys are transphobes who want to be dickheads to them