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Transitioning in STEM (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Followup: https://www.tumblr.com/beemovieerotica/781112056881496064/it-becomes-really-apparent-what-peoples-thought?redirect_to=%2Fbeemovieerotica%2F781112056881496064%2Fit-becomes-really-apparent-what-peoples-thought

More: https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/ben-barres-transgender-scientist-shares-story/

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I told one of my friends that I'm being looked at differently in crowds now, and he just said "no you're imagining it".

Many people just do not believe what trans people tell them. At all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Honestly people are probably just looking at you wondering if you are trans.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

In that specific case it might've been an answer to "Do you look at me differently now", brains like to short-circuit like that, and not everybody is comfortable speaking for the tribe. "Does the tribe like me?" -- "Well I do" -- "Does the tribe?" -- "I'm not the tribe".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Women aren't believed, are you a trans woman? If so it could be either that you're a woman or that you're trans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

(I hope not to misgender either but) bro, she knows. No need to mansplain it, read it again:

Many people just do not believe what trans people tell them. At all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

But is it because of being trans in general, or because of the direction of transition?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

I was adding to it, not explaining it.