• @BomberMan9865@sh.itjust.works
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    3411 months ago

    Wow this brought back some unpleasant memories…

    Okay so I really don’t like the indirect dysphoria argument because it often can feel like it’s being used to force someone into coming to a conclusion they don’t feel is right for them when they are forced to justify, in this case why they don’t want to be a girl. This happened to me multiple times when being egged by people before learning I was NB and it felt really fucking gross. Don’t try to force people who aren’t willing, it feels terrible.

  • @PowerfulTurtle@rammy.site
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    1611 months ago

    I remember being told similar things by my “friends” in school due to me being a femboy who wears girl’s clothes, and also for being gay, they used a similar argument with me when I would respond to their questions about why I don’t want to be a girl because I didn’t know then a better way to respond and I wasn’t aware of what they were doing to me. They also teased me for being gay telling me “boys aren’t attracted to other boys”. I’m very glad I found better friends, those people weren’t really my friends, they treated me like dirt.

  • Vlaxtocia [she/her]
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    1211 months ago

    Stop it, the gender therapy waitlist isn’t getting any shorter!

  • Samus Crankpork
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    911 months ago

    Been a fan of Mae’s since the early 2000s, and this comic came after I’d started my transition, but it still absolutely blew me away.

  • @Blahaj_Blast
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    611 months ago

    I had seen that tweet before this comic but the comic feels pretty accurate to how it went down for me too. The next few weeks of comics were a pretty awesome story as well. Especially the one way he wakes up. That was so me!

  • First Majestic CometM
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    211 months ago

    It sure is a good thing I learned very quickly to directly oppose egg arguments made against me rather than try and justify why I don’t want to be a girl. Indirect Dysphoria arguments are awful, and you can’t get out of them with any kind of formal politeness, it’ll just be turned around against you and labeled as “indirect dysphoria”.