Youre 18, you have no prospects, your body feels violently wrong, you have considered suicide as a solution, and you need to get the hell out of the violent christofascist small town youre from, with zero resources and a family that has said they think you should be hunted in the street.
Okay, but consider youre an 18 year old trans man trying to get validation for his gender, or an 18 year old trans woman trying really hard to repress and deny she’s that. Is that still a minus?
So, a hypothetical.
Youre 18, you have no prospects, your body feels violently wrong, you have considered suicide as a solution, and you need to get the hell out of the violent christofascist small town youre from, with zero resources and a family that has said they think you should be hunted in the street.
What do you do?
My first inclination would not be to join an organization that has a long and notorious history of testosterone fuelled bro culture.
Okay, but consider youre an 18 year old trans man trying to get validation for his gender, or an 18 year old trans woman trying really hard to repress and deny she’s that. Is that still a minus?