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suonygordna
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I was talking to my friend about gender
and I was talking about how I was confused and lost (we're not really that close... blah... but I needed someone to talk to)
and he asked:
so, is there any one in particular you identify with?
and I was so happy
because nobody had ever ever thought to ask me that before, and I said yes and no and maybe and I don't know :)
and he didn't treat me like a freak, he just nodded like it was the normalest thing in the world
and tears actually came to my eyes as I wrote that because I didn't realise how much that meant to me
(I'm so scared of telling people I've known for forever... it's easy to tell people I've just met because I've been like this half the time I've known them)
and that, my friends, is why it's good to ask, and not assume
and when people are sensitive to how I might feel and say the right thing, it makes me feel bad about how I'm not that way with other people and say the wrong thing
To anyone I've ever hurt by not really listening and not trying to understand and not respecting the way you feel...
I'm so sorry.
and thank you, thank you, thank you
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