honestly the idea that a 22-year-old would say to another human person that they are an "elder" speaks volumes about the insecurity of what it is like being 22, exactly the reason 22 year olds shouldn't be filling that role of elder.
i wonder if the thing they meant was that they are a mentor to trans teens? like perhaps they werent even thinking about us trans ppl over 30 bc all the trans ppl they know are between 16 and 20?
i wonder if this was informed by mormon nonsense.
in the lds faith "men" become "elders" at 18.





