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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Autism and ADHD definitely fits that bill. A lot of my friends are on the spectrum. I am a Non-binary trans person so a lot of the people I know IRL who also identify as Non-binary trans are autistic but I ended up with just ADHD. Still it makes me angry to hear my friends talked about as though they are a problem that was caused by somebody's lack of oversight. They are incredible, funny, loving, worthwhile people to know. They struggle and it's not always okay but that doesn't make them a "problem".

I get a dose of the same nonsense when I tell people that I am non-binary on here. People's immediate assumption is I am very young. That I will "change my mind". That all non-binary people are flighty star chidren who want to live in a land of make believe, feel special or be lavished with attention and it's so frustrating. I am 38. I knew I was trans since I was 21...I think barring an extreme brain injury I'm pretty set in my ways. I am told that I am at times infuriatingly practical. I worked in crews with fairly conservative people for three and a half years straight being rehired for the gig when they had plenty of opportunities to ditch me. None of whom have any idea I'm enby. If they suspect anything with the name change they never said. I think being non-binary is functionally one of the least interesting things about me. It says very little about my personality and interests. When conservative people do talk to me on platforms a lot of them cannot reconcile me with their assumptions of trans people. They might label me "one of the good ones" ... which believe me really doesn't feel great to hear them say... but that's how they rationalize the disconnect. Their pride demands not that that they review whether their skeptism is misplaced but instead I must be the exception that proves the rule. Ignoring that I know a fair number of other trans people my age and I am more similar to them than not.