I've got a new channel trailer for 2024 (it's live, you can see it if you want) and someone just decided to helpfully comment on it that I don't need to say I'm cis, because 'it's like saying I'm non-epileptic.'
So if you're the person who said that, I want you to understand that I've hidden your messages from my channel and you should really think a lot harder about what you're going to say, if that's coming from a well-intentioned space, because otherwise it sounds like you just said something that's both kinda ableist and kinda transphobic.
I tell people I'm cis. Part of why I do that is because it's non-obvious information. Another reason to do it is that I get misidentified, and I don't want people who are looking for 'trans creators' to mistakenly pick me. But also the real reason I say I'm cis on my channel is that the kind of people who complain about me mentioning an entirely neutral detail about myself are good at self-selecting into the 'ignoring this fuckin' weirdo' category.
