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(For how i crafted these quotes, see What i changed in survey-takers' responses and What i didn't change.)
Overall, we aren't…
dangerous.
confused.
mentally ill or insane.
weird.
evil.
trying to be trendy.
trying to recruit others.
all the same.
people who've been "groomed" into our identities by adults or our friends.
out to hurt people.
trying to be cool or different.
objects whose human rights you get to argue over.
Regarding sexuality, we aren't…
straight just because we're dating someone who's not the same gender as us; we're still bi, pan, or queer.
bisexual on purpose.
straight just because we look straight.
Regarding gender identity/ expression, we aren't…
looking to "creep on people in the women's bathroom."
groomed into being trans.
making a choice to be trans.
pretending to be men just to get more privilege.
women or girls just because we like dresses and makeup.
using they/them pronouns to make a political point or to be different.
trans for popularity.
willing to die instead of living authentically as trans with the help of modern medicine.
Also, we aren't…
going to bite you.
trying to be cool.
trying to ruin your life.
doing it for attention.
confused.
brainwashed.
delusional.
perverts.
weird.
deviant.
taboo.
"some kind of creature."
going to turn your kids gay.
merely our sexual orientation or gender identity. There's more to us.
all coming out as queer because it's suddenly more accepted.
"a moral debate."
only sexual beings. There's more to us than that.
faking it.
obligated to hide our identities.
a disgusting secret.
"fundamentally different" from you.
queer or trans because our friends are. We have queer or trans friends because we found community.
