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i'm a trans dude, but i wanna affirm that you're not alone! nothing really influenced me or made me realize what was up (though i can definitely point out things that sealed the deal when i was a teen) i just knew it when i was little, asking my ma what she'd name me if i was a boy when we were walking to primary school
What i always say about that stereotype about "the trans experience" that people on that thread were bonding over not experiencing, it's that it's such a very white american nerd centric that, okay, yes i get it, videogames and media is the first way many trans people experienced gender euphoria, but they make it so white anglo-centered, it just alienates anybody who isn't white or american.