Thoughts while laying in bed. I& #39;ve been trying to get in the habit of using they/them when I don& #39;t know someone& #39;s pronouns. I know I sometimes mess up and use the wrong pronoun for people and it makes me feel terrible. Please know I don& #39;t do it out of malice... (1/4)
and if you catch me doing it please correct me. Another thing I do which I have been trying very hard to shake is referring to everyone as dude. I have always used it as a gender neutral term all my life and used to not understand why it mattered to people but then...(2/4)
I realized that me saying it to a trans girl may make her feel dysphoric because in her eyes I see her as Male even though I didn& #39;t mean it like that because she doesn& #39;t know that. I still have a lot to learn and a lot of habits to break but I am trying. Please call me...(3/4)
out when I do mess up so that I can try to correct it. For everyone else, if someone let& #39;s you know that a certain behavior or verbiage bothers them. Stop. It& #39;s not your place to decide what does and doesn& #39;t effect someone else.

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