Hey, sorry to bother, not saying this to cause un-needed drama, just curious:
In your last video featuring Nelson being confronted at the idea of being trans, a lot of the comments (on TIktok atleast) confused your phrasing to be that being transgender is a choice.
Obviously this ISN'T what you mean, but I'm curious what the point actually was...also that way I can show an explanation to said comments to hopefully avoid any unneeded drama x2 electric boogaloo.
(I am writing this at 12 am and anxious sooo feel free to ignore, sorry again!!!)
gender is wildly complicated and it's impossible to nail down all the nuances in a 60-second comedy cartoon, but if I had to briefly explain the issue here, it basically comes down to this:
nelson is accepting of elliot's identity, but does not have a lot of experience with being transgender
because of point #1, nelson very obviously is unfamiliar with the correct terminology (e.g. the "you used to be a woman and now you're a man" line, which is a common thing that people who don't know how to speak Queer Language say and think about trans people, even though in actuality it doesn't really match most trans people's lived experiences)
elliot understands point #1 and point #2, and is trying to phrase what he's saying in such a way that nelson will more-or-less understand the core message even without nelson having that Queer Language proficiency
in actual trans terminology, what elliot is actually saying is closer to "you might be a trans woman and not realize it, and you can choose to transition if you want to", which is an actual true sentence that most trans people wouldn't object to, but he said "you don't have to be a man if you don't want to be" because of point #3
I think most people (definitely on youtube, but it seems also on tiktok and instagram, although I've only read a few comments on those two platforms) kinda intuitively understood the above points, but there were a small handful of people who got (understandably) irritated by the unintentional implication
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