So much what you said at around 30:00 but kind of the other way around for me. I'm AGP myself and been trying to make sense of everything that has happened to me the same way you do. Growing up, my instinctive reactions to my surroundings were constantly either shamed or lead to rejection by my peers. In my case, what I was supposed to be was a "man" but my gut feeling, what I consider to be "me" or my ego, was always at odds with these expectations. The biggest offender would be being extraordinarily sensitive. My brain is contstantly telling me being a woman would free me from everything I had to endure back then, no more shame, no more rejection. And I sincerely believe that in some perverse way, it's actually correct. But my circumstances now aren't the ones they were back then but it still haunts me all day every day because I have yet to allow myself to express this "true self" again. For the moment this is still insurmountable for me. I've come to know some AGPs and AAPs personally and I always find the commonalities very interesting. Looking forward to listeing to more of your thoughts in the future
I enjoy such ramblings so please forgive me that I am left unable to comment coherently on the various topics that you introduce in a stream of conscious manner.
Thank you! OakLeaves, I enjoyed your eye-opening videos. I like that you can express yourself like an artist. I am also an artist who is more graphicly inclined. I think you're wonderful.
An Idea, for you to think about. From my perspective, it might be best for you to not affilate yourself from the label "Trans". Each of us is more important than a label. When we label ouselves, much of the time we wear a label thst does not represent who we really are, so why play the label game? Be true to yourself only.
Trans kids matter and when I heard about them receiving puberty blockers I was thinking wow they are not gonna suffer like I did. Also if we are like trees does that mean that Arthur Morgan doesn't die of tuberculosis in Red Dead Redemption 2?
Okay. So this is interesting, and I’m trying to hear about this issue from lots of different perspectives. If you think puberty blockers are beneficial to trans kids, I’d love to hear why you think this. Like, what do puberty blockers protect trans kids from that trans kids without blockers don’t get? Since you have life experiences that can probably deepen my understanding here. Also, what are your thoughts on the negative side effects of blockers i.e. loss of ability to experience sexual arousal/orgasm and teenage onset osteoporosis. Do you think the psychological benefits of puberty blockers outweigh the psychological/physiological toll that blockers put on the body?
