[oh, right. midwest and christian. yeah, venus probably won't know that one. anna takes a second, trying to think of the easiest way to explain it. (she quietly apologizes to astin in advance for not being as precise as she needs to.)]
Yeah. It's short for "transgender", and it's basically, like... god, this is not how I should be talking about it, but it's the idea of you being born in the wrong body, I guess. In the simplest way. [she fidgets with the edge of her jacket.]
Like, if you were born a boy and your whole life everyone's told you you're a boy, but there's something about it that never felt right. Like maybe you never really felt like a boy, and maybe you feel like a girl instead. Or something in between girl and boy. [she wishes she hadn't snuffed her cigarette.] Gender gets messy, and that's normal.
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Yeah. It's short for "transgender", and it's basically, like... god, this is not how I should be talking about it, but it's the idea of you being born in the wrong body, I guess. In the simplest way. [she fidgets with the edge of her jacket.]
Like, if you were born a boy and your whole life everyone's told you you're a boy, but there's something about it that never felt right. Like maybe you never really felt like a boy, and maybe you feel like a girl instead. Or something in between girl and boy. [she wishes she hadn't snuffed her cigarette.] Gender gets messy, and that's normal.