"I support my friend identifying as a woman but not as a huge fucking nerd"
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Trans people have the best opportunity standing in front of them. A new name of their own choosing. And this person chose Mildred.
ok
maybe she is just into having those german barmaid vibes
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i'm glad i had people in my life brave enough to say this to me when i was picking my new name. they were very right. people pick stupid names sometimes and you have to say something.
"I realized I'm transgender and am going to start transitioning too."
"That's great! I'm totally here for..."
"And I'm changing my name to Mildred!"
"...get out of my house."
hm, is this like some liberal 'I support trans people BUT only with names that sound cool to me' performative type of logic?

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