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[–]worried19[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Sorry that was such a negative experience. I always figured kids would bully feminine boys by calling them gay (or worse words), but I'm surprised they knew the word "transsexual."

I used to get called lesbian slurs in middle school, but no one ever seemed to think I was trans.

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sorry, I feel like I didn’t describe it well. When kids would call me names it was usually other things (queer, sissy, faggot, etc.). Transsexual wasn’t like a regular slur. This was like one particular incident with older boys when I was at camp (my parents wanted to toughen me up at the time).

[–]worried19[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ah, that makes sense if it was older kids. All-boys camp would definitely have an increased likelihood of bullying, too. Kids can be cruel.

[–]MezozoicGaygay male 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Older kids can make anything as bad word, we had big but very kind-hearted boy in our class, he was almost 2 meters tall already in 8th grade, and he had huge muscles (he took second place in boxing somewhere in Europe when grew up, and did some powerlifting challenges, so he could fight well) and was very wide in shoulders. In 8th grade he already had beard. So bullies were calling him "manly" or "too manly" as an insult. And he was too kind to answer back to anyone.