it kinda fucks with my mind that so many parents arent
i’ve never talked to my parents about gender stuff and i really don’t intend to unless i find a label im happy with (my current “i dont really care” is like, fine with me, but doesn’t seem worth bringing up to my parents)
they’ve never had any issues with my sexuality and it’s kind of a mindfuck to imagine raising a child for two decades just to be angry at them for having sexual preferences or for having gender dysphoria
i know a lot of it generally comes down to religion – i’ve never really practiced any form of religion in my entire life and my family has never forced me to, which when i was younger i felt like a bit of an outcast because all of these kids would talk about church and religion and i was like “uhhhh hi im katze” – but having grown up im generally pretty grateful about this although i wouldn’t be surprised if it had a few negative effects on me (i can think of one thats likely but doesn’t seem like a good topic for cookie)
why does religion forbid people from being cishet so fucking strongly though jeez