if you went through all of this and your conclusion is that trans lesbians have nothing in common with you you are an unempathetic lesbiphobe. we have so much in common but you call me slurs because i don’t want to fuck men
this was an incorrect thing for me to say and i regret saying it the way i did, from an early age i almost exclusively socialized with girls, i was allowed to go to girls sleepover in like 6th grade, and the parents were just like "oh well it's just callie," i would try on dresses and they'd apply makeup on me as a "joke" but i remember those moments with great warmth, at the same time i also grew up with a conservative father who tried to force me to play football and would frequently deride me for being effeminate and awkward, the male socialization was always there, proding in the background, but i just felt deeply different, i didn't even really understand what trans was until i was well into my teenage years, i came out as gay at like 13 because that was the language available to me at the time to define what felt like a soul crushing level of difference from other boys