that's fucking crazy. I'm sorry you were in that situation, but I'm glad you got away from it. I knew a girl when I was in college, my first offline trans friend, whose family was in some kind of extremist christian sect, and super bigoted. they were threatening to stop paying for her education - ThreadSky

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iphigenic.bsky.social • 2 days ago

that's fucking crazy. I'm sorry you were in that situation, but I'm glad you got away from it. I knew a girl when I was in college, my first offline trans friend, whose family was in some kind of extremist christian sect, and super bigoted. they were threatening to stop paying for her education

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biscywitch.bsky.social•2 days ago

I didn't even manage to get away from it 😭. I fucking failed and had to leave the US and move back in with my parents cause no visa.

iphigenic.bsky.social•2 days ago

i'm sorry. I hope you're able to be as safe as you can be. I know that doesn't really mean much coming from an internet stranger, but I do mean it

biscywitch.bsky.social•2 days ago

It feels good to be acknowledged so I appreciate this, really.

iphigenic.bsky.social•2 days ago

unless she detransitioned. she was the angriest person I'd ever met, constantly on a hair trigger and seemingly looking to pick fights. over time I came to understand her better, years after I graduated and figured out I was trans too. I think a lot of trans people have history with really scary

iphigenic.bsky.social•2 days ago

religious sects. I feel like my own bad experiences with religion are really tame compared to a lot of people I've run into.

biscywitch.bsky.social•2 days ago

I say this about other people all the time lol.

There's always somebody suffering worse, doesn't mean ours is any less valid.

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