I first seen a trans person in… porn. Where else should a kid learn that. Not knowing what I was looking at, I kept searching around for explanation. Woman with a penis, how is that possible? I kept searching, but to no avail. Eventually I just came to the conclusion that I probably witnessed a rare birth defect and moved on.
It didn’t even click together when I was like 13/14 and anti-trans, because my parents told me they’re perverts who should be locked up. In my mind, that above was still just an unrelated birth defect, after all, that was clearly a woman.
The first trans person I met was a nurse. I had to get blood drawn once a month for years as a kid and teen and when I was about 12-14 there was a trans woman who I almost always ended up assigned to. Im sure I was bit weird about it at first, but I warmed up to her real quick, asked some admittedly pretty rude questions (unknowingly ofc. She was a champ about it, bless her) and very rapidly realized that 1) trans people exist and 2) I liked 100% of the trans people I had met at that time.
Very sweet lady. Always asking questions in that genuinely curious way, and she’d remember your answers too. Genuinely just loved people and enjoyed being helpful. Also had a crazy stock of candies in her bag. I think she’d legit ask all her regular patients what sweets they like, stock up on them, and give them out literally everyday, because she always had that shit locked and loaded. Class act of a lady. I hope you’re still alive and thriving, Ms. Vicky! The world needs more people like you!
I first seen a trans person in… porn. Where else should a kid learn that. Not knowing what I was looking at, I kept searching around for explanation. Woman with a penis, how is that possible? I kept searching, but to no avail. Eventually I just came to the conclusion that I probably witnessed a rare birth defect and moved on.
It didn’t even click together when I was like 13/14 and anti-trans, because my parents told me they’re perverts who should be locked up. In my mind, that above was still just an unrelated birth defect, after all, that was clearly a woman.
The first trans person I met was a nurse. I had to get blood drawn once a month for years as a kid and teen and when I was about 12-14 there was a trans woman who I almost always ended up assigned to. Im sure I was bit weird about it at first, but I warmed up to her real quick, asked some admittedly pretty rude questions (unknowingly ofc. She was a champ about it, bless her) and very rapidly realized that 1) trans people exist and 2) I liked 100% of the trans people I had met at that time.
Very sweet lady. Always asking questions in that genuinely curious way, and she’d remember your answers too. Genuinely just loved people and enjoyed being helpful. Also had a crazy stock of candies in her bag. I think she’d legit ask all her regular patients what sweets they like, stock up on them, and give them out literally everyday, because she always had that shit locked and loaded. Class act of a lady. I hope you’re still alive and thriving, Ms. Vicky! The world needs more people like you!