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I have plans to go to Pride this year.

I keep seeing the same questions brought up in this section of the forum. I wonder if I should make a frequently asked questions and common misconceptions thread. Maybe I could ask for it to be pinned.

^ I think that’s a very good idea.

My dad told me yesterday that he doesn't really understand being trans or nonbinary. He's a cishet man who deeply dislikes traditional gender norms. He said instead of transitioning to a different gender, he feels like people should push back against gender norms and realize that they don't have to follow the rules society imposes on them. (He wasn't being disrespectful to trans people, he was just admitting a lack of understanding.) I tried to explain that it's a lot more complex than that but he didn't really get it. He also told me that he's seen a lot of toxic masculinity in his life and when I was born he wanted to teach me how to be a good man, and now he feels like he's failed.

It's all very well intentioned and he's doing his best but he just doesn't really understand. It'll be a process and in the meantime he's trying to use my new name and pronouns, so it's all good.

It's a learning curve innit

Saying that though my dad's an absolute dinosaur when it comes to this sort of thing and I'm not gonna waste what precious time I have with him trying to reeducate him

When I was in high school, I thought LGBTQ+ people were really "weird" and "gross", but in the latter part of my high school years, an openly gay faculty member helped me accept the fact that straight people are no different from LGBTQ+ people. I will be forever grateful to him.

I'm cisgender and straight, but I hate it when I get accused of being gay just because I openly support the rights of LGBTQ+ people despite my NT sister being openly asexual much to the dismay of a paternal uncle who believes asexuality isn't real, that she's making it all up and that she uses her age to get out of wanting a boyfriend.

I think trans people are really brave actually

I was brought up around LGBT people for a while during my early life so for me it's nothing new but a lot of people still do have a hard time understanding it and some people have a hard time accepting it too

I hope it gets easier for future generations of trans people in particular but unfortunately for them it's an up hill battle still

I was taken care of by a trans woman when I hurt myself at the park the other week
I'd have liked to have got her number but I didn't think it was right to ask at that particular moment in time what with all the blood and that

The bit that confuses me is (and I hope I don't get roasted for asking this); if your trans male and you're also attracted to men does that make you trans gay