tl:dr I made friends with a person from my graduation class who is transgender and I think she’s the coolest person ever and I want to be friends with her but I’m kinda nervous my ignorance will ruin that since I don’t really know her as “her”
So you guys obviously know I’m really ignorant about certain things and can sometimes (more often than not) be viewed in a way that seems terrible and like I have a hatred for certain things when honestly that couldn’t be more incorrect.
My family raised me as a catholic but this was the certain type of catholic where if the same gender were sexually attracted to the other then it’s just not right and maybe people would go far enough to say it’s a sin but honestly, with my religion in mind I don’t think anything like that is wrong. I want everyone to be able to feel comfortable with who they are and who they want to be and who they want to be with etc and for anyone whose sexual preferences I have ever mocked, I apologize for not understanding it from your point of view. While I still may be very unaware with this whole subject I ask anyone and everyone to educate me when they think I need it.
Which… brings me to this blog. I recently ran into one of my old classmates at a Red Sox game and well.. long story short, she is Emily and not who I knew her as. We did boy scouts and played baseball together and it took me a few innings to kinda think about who this person was to me in school and despite maybe talking one or twice it’s quite refreshing to see her not only happy and proud of who she is but I realized too that the person I knew as “Evan” was finally happy to be who she wanted to be. By the 5th-6th inning I had made a new friend. Emily. This friend I never knew who apparently went to high school with. My friend and I are going to the Red Sox game with her on Friday and I am very excited but I have a tendency to say very interesting things on the spot to pretend like I have any idea what’s going on.
I’m really excited for the game on Friday though. It’s weird how someone you never thought you’d ever see again is now not only back in your life but someone you could easily see yourself being a friends with.
Really makes you think.. people can actually change and grow. Even when it’s not for a bad reason
I love this and happy you could see past something that doesn't matter! I honestly don't blame transphobic people I mostly blame their upbringings due to parents having a lot of bigotry and putting their own views on children.
