Me, two glasses of wine in: “yeah so here’s an in depth conversation about my identity as a nonbinary person, and my struggles with transphobia in 2023”
Median Center-Right American Dude at the party, also two drinks in: “Damn that’s crazy, I never thought of it like that. Man, I’m sorry you gotta deal with this shit.”
Me: “Ahh it’s alright. I deal.”
Random Guy: “People should just chill tf out.”
Me: “Damn right”
Random Guy: “So if you’re non binary, and, sorry if this is offensive but I don’t know the right words here. Like, is it cross dressing for you if you wear a skirt?”
Me: “Its- hm. Huh. I have no idea.”
Guy: “It must have been nice to go to school with other trans people. Like, you must’ve felt safe.”
Me: “No actually it was the opposite. It just made me even more upset and confused. I didn’t know what being non-binary was. I saw people that transitioned from one gender to the other and knew I wasn’t that. It took me a long time to figure this shit out.”
Guy: “man that sounds rough. No wonder you guys are upset all this time this sounds painful.”
Me: “Well, it sucks until it suddenly doesn’t. It sucks and then it rules hard.”
Guy: “so It’s like working out.”
Me: [both of us are now nodding wisely] “it’s like working out.”
Guy who has only ever played undertale seeing a skeleton for the first time: “holy shit”
