@chrispy2's post on Artfol

agh i hate when relatives compliment my looks/hair length in relation to my gender. you could never understand what my presentation means to me or within the context of my gender.
stop fucking saying you like my hair long or i just might buzz all of it off out of spite.
i just hate that they just see it as ‘the way my hair is supposed to be’ rather than a statement as a gnc trans person >:((( and tbh even if they did know i am trans they would probably just take the fact i still identify with femininity as proof that im lying!!! hate biting killing >:(
May 26, 2023
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Kill them!!!!!!! Fr though I Love presenting super fem and if someone were to say it makes me a girl I'd wanna snack on their flesh (gross imagery but it makes me want to do something brutal)
I'm trying so hard to grow my hair rn but my mom will say crap like that and it makes it so hard not to cut it right then. I'm sorry that's happening to you man :(
People did this when I was in school. But lately none. Super annoying so feel ya!
Yeah understandable. Sometimes some people are quick to apply binary gender norms and (mis)gender everyone and everything. It's rly easy to give a compliment without sprinkling some gender assumptions on it, like: "hey your hair looks rly nice" and that's it.

Ugh, I got tired of this midway writing this comment and I have more to say but I'm good and moving onto things that lead to happiness like queer joy and queer art byeee.

Wait what is this I still have energy okay then

My understanding is that you're not out, and that's okay, and what happens is it limits how much you can be understood and have a voice to speak for yourself in these uncomfortable situations. When they don't know your identity, they're not intentionally making an active choice to push your buttons, even when they are absolutely annoying and cis-normative, making assumptions they shouldn't make and enforcing dusty binary gender stereotypes. So yeah, frustrating.
ok im just making myself mad remembering every time my grandma called the group of me, my mom and my aunt on our trip ‘girls’ and ‘ladies’ and i think i need to not do that. this is why i need to go out with guy friends so its significantly harder to ‘ladies’ me
i do have family members that understand but My Grandparents Are A Different Story