By mermaids standards I’d have transitioned to male when I was a kid. Most of my toys were ‘boys’, I never wore (and still never wear) skirts or dresses, most of my friends were boys , abs I have a strong aversion to the colour pink. Back in ye olde days there was little emphasis on toys being aggressively for boys or girls and everyone played whatever part they wanted. Either sex can be interested in anything, it doesn’t mean they need to change who they are. My nephew used to love running about in fairy wings and one of his favourite colours was (and still is) pink. If I was a young kid watching their presentation I would have started to worry that I was supposed to be a boy.
I always thought transition was for people who’s body didn’t match how they saw themselves in their head and took steps to medicate/have surgery. It wasn’t your choice of toys or how you express yourself in your dress.
That was why I asked the people arguing with me how they define a woman: if you can’t describe a woman by referring to her biology, what’s left?
How I present myself as a woman is very different to how my sister, mum, and friends present themselves. We all have very different interests and values, we react to things differently, we feel things differently, and we live our lives differently. There’s no one way you can say you’re ‘acting as a man/woman’.
) and I had no idea until someone told me.
