Yoohoo!

but then I realised that same challenge would be infinitely more funny with folks who have atypical or horror OCs

I love you being trans I love you trans women i love you gender exploration I love you self discovery

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[ID: two screenshots of a reddit post on r/offmychest by user awaythrowjessie, titled "My girlfriend made me realize I'd be happier as a woman". it reads as follows:

I am 33, born male, and have had major self image issues my entire life. I hated seeing myself in mirrors, pictures, you name it. I honestly thought it was kinda normal so I just accepted it.

Now about 3 weeks ago I was at my girlfriends house, we have been dating a little over a year now, and have plans to move in together soon. Now recently she has shaved her head to support of her friends with cancer (side note thenl treatments for that friend are going very well). She had since bought some wigs to wear while her hair grows back out. We were joking around as I have male pattern baldness, and when she went to the bathroom I jokingly threw a wig on and waited. She came our, saw me we laughed for a bit and she said "you know I think you'd make a pretty girl" we laughed some more but those words triggered something in me.

Cut to a few night's ago she asked why I've been acting weird lately and I just told her how i was feeling. She said "alright let's do this " and when I asked what she told me she was going to give me a bit of a makeover and put me in one of her dresses and if i liked it then good. I was nervous and asked what if I did like it would she still be attracted to me. She just responded with "Baby you know I'm bi, guy or girl you're still mine." Her words reassured me honestly i love her so much.

Anyways she finished the make up, fitted a wig on me perfectly and got me in a dress and even helped me put a bra on and stuff in a little so i could see what breasts would kinda look like on me. Now I expected to see myself in the mirror, laugh this off and move on right, but I didn't. She did an unbelievable job, like I looked like I had been born a woman, and when I saw myself in the mirror for the first time in my entire life, I liked what I saw. I probably stared at myself for a good 10 minutes before she finally asked me something. She asked what I wanted to be called. After a few seconds I said Jessie, I always like the name Jessie. She whispered in my ear "well Jessie, you look beautiful." And that was it, I knew this was who i wanted to be.

I'm nervous now though, my friends will accept it but my family are, well let's just say not very progressive. But this is what I want.

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[ID: A screenshot of a Reddit post from r/offmychest by user awaythrowjessie, titled “I went out as Jessie for the first time and I was honestly surprised”. The screenshot reads: Hello everyone, this is an official follow up to my previous post that went viral and caught me off guard.

So me and my girlfriend, (Who has officially agreed to disclose her name lol) Emily, had gone shopping for me to get me outfits and the like. Earlier today i put on one of those outfits and officially faced the world as Jessie for the first time.

To say I was nervous would be an understatement. We went to our local mall and I was almost shaking, thankfully Emily calmed me down and said if anyone said anything mean to me she'd handle it, then playfully threw up her hands like a boxer lol. We stepped inside and started walking around going in stores and I noticed something, no one was staring. Like at all. I live in an area that still has issues with LGBTQ people so I was afraid of staring or aggressive people. But none of that happened. People greeted me, the store workers were kind and nobody looked at me like I was weird. I felt comfortable, and Emily even said she saw someone check me put, though i doubt that.

This was unbelievable to me and honestly I felt like myself. I feels nice that I can go out without worrying about Judging eyes.

The counter-argument: Not having UBI is in the interests of those in power who want to do anything to the people they are in power over in order to remain in power.

happy pride! remember that being a transgender is everything but fiction. there are so many real historical figures from every century about whose transgenderism we aren't even aware of

AROMANTIC PEOPLE

ASEXUAL PEOPLE

AND AROACE PEOPLE

ALL BELONG IN THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY

I deleted reddit a long time ago but I am aware of the barnaby hate in general. A lot of people can't stand him because he tends to be rude to the other characters and jokes at their expense at times. But honestly, some people don't understand his character at all.

I feel like people assume he's gonna be a tadc Jax type character which in theory, makes sense because they both are the "funny one" and they constantly annoy and bother some of the other characters and are rude.

But having said that, Jax doesn't gaf about anyone and is horrible to the people he does gaf about.

Barnaby on the other hand does care about people. He cares about Wally and Howdy and Julie and Poppy and even Eddie.

He's always taking the time to listen to Howdy talk about his family and is always lending an ear to him, he's always playing around with Julie and joking around with her and joining in on her games and stuff. Yeah he tends to make some jokes at her expense but it's not 100% of the time he's doing that. For the most part they get along pretty well. With Poppy (we only really see their interaction in the home warming update) they do have their silly lil banter but it's never at her expense. Even with Eddie, he may push him around a bit and is a bit more rude to him, he's not a complete asshole. He was literally the only one who checked up on him in the "Eddie's big lift" audio. Frank didn't even check in on him. And with Wally, he cares about him a whole lot. He knows that he struggles with communication and being able to understand things and barnaby is so patient with him and puts effort in helping him in social situations. In the home warming update, he made sure to give Wally a chance to speak for himself when he would ask each neighbor about how to make Home happy during home warming. I know that I heard people say that he treats Wally like a child or incapable but honestly, I disagree. I feel like everyone else in the neighborhood sometimes (not all the time and not everyone OFC) treats him like a child or incapable while Barnaby does try to teach him how to get out of his shell and learn how to interact in situations.

With barnaby, yeah he does fit the role of "The Funny One" but with him, he's actually genuine about it. He may go overboard a bit and push boundaries but he's nowhere near Jax's level.

Jax is the type of character that wants to be the funny one but he's not. He tries pushing boundaries way too far and doesn't give a shit if it's funny to anyone else. But when someone does something at his expense to him, he flips out. At least with Barnaby he can laugh at himself and joke along with it.