gender??? who?? never heard of em

If you are nonbinary and you do not like being called "enby," fine. I'm not here to tell you to use a word you don't like. But maybe unpack the reason you feel the need to talk about how "childish" it is. I have seen other nonbinary people go on entire tirades about how it's "offensive and wrong to use it as a general term," as if it's some kind of slur.

All I care about is that I'm trans now - that I deserve to be respected that way. I don't need justification to prove that I am a real, living person with real feelings. Besides, no amount of proving the validity of transness will prove to transphobes that they ought to respect us. Their beliefs stem from a disgust response, not from a logically-based response.

This is incredibly important.  The LGB+ community seems to have silently agreed that finding a “source” for our same-gender attraction would likely lead to more eugenics and conversion therapy.  I’m glad to see a lot of trans people taking that same path, I think it’s a wise one.  Even if we were to convince bigots that there was a biological reason to be gay or trans, they would still claim it’s a “flaw” or “disease” and continue to try to “fix” us.

being yelled at for forgetting things or not paying attention

people getting mad at me all the time for being too sensitive

teachers yelling at me for drawing during class even though it helped me pay attention , they never believed me when I said it helped

constantly being elbowed and kicked underneath the table as a kid for saying something that wasnt socially acceptable

being discouraged from using accomodations to help manage my adhd

people getting mad at me and/or mocking me for not knowing about important details or upcoming events

constantly being told to shut up or be quiet

instead of helping me break out of hyperfocus; whatever i was hyperfocusing on would be taken away and hidden as punishment (ex/ books, games)

no one believing me about my struggles with assignments and starting/doing them