Welcome to sadly one of the curses of the Internet, that compared to an empirical observation of life, information and data can be shaped, molded and portrayed in a way the user prefers, giving rise to a fictional reality.
Before the Internet, none of these trans guys would have made it out of the gate without being told 'no you're a guy, an ugly one at that'. Photoshop and filters have only made this worse especially with the rise of social media like Tiktok.
Even the troons that we are being sold as the "good" examples are off when they are not online, heavily controlled.
Real life does really kick them in the teeth.
Reality hits hard, let's be honest it took laws, indoctrination centers (schools) and enforcement brigades (cancellation squads targeting making a living) to halt the simple response of "dude, you don't look like a lady.."
Welcome to sadly one of the curses of the Internet, that compared to an empirical observation of life, information and data can be shaped, molded and portrayed in a way the user prefers, giving rise to a fictional reality.
Before the Internet, none of these trans guys would have made it out of the gate without being told 'no you're a guy, an ugly one at that'. Photoshop and filters have only made this worse especially with the rise of social media like Tiktok.
Even the troons that we are being sold as the "good" examples are off when they are not online, heavily controlled.
Real life does really kick them in the teeth.
And if they can larp as a woman online, why not in real life too?
Reality hits hard, let's be honest it took laws, indoctrination centers (schools) and enforcement brigades (cancellation squads targeting making a living) to halt the simple response of "dude, you don't look like a lady.."