GC: What do you think about the concept of peaking people?

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I see how it would be awkward to bring up too much of that stuff around people who are really unaccustomed to it, that's what would keep me from introducing the topic. Since most of your friends and family members aren't in tune with this stuff, which position do you think they would all lean? Do you think that if your family were to be introduced to this stuff that they might encourage you to transition or try to convince you that you're trans?

It would be interesting to find out what your friend knows and doesn't know, and what his position is on this stuff! If he's wearing Harry Potter t-shirts then I would imagine he isn't too invested in trans and QT beliefs, or at least associating with those communities or too many of those kinds of people. What do you think you would say/do to try to peak him?

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Since most of your friends and family members aren't in tune with this stuff, which position do you think they would all lean?

Speaking of my immediate family, parents and siblings, I think they'd lean to the GC side. I can't imagine anyone in my family ever agreeing with things like child transition or natal males in women's prisons. But they might be more supportive on issues like public restrooms. I think right now they're just uninformed. There's no way my parents are in tune with trans topics, and my brother and sister have never mentioned it either. I'm sure they know it exists, but that it's somewhere "out there." Much like how I used to be before I really started looking into it. If anyone was going to go the TRA side, it would probably be my little sister since she's more sensitive.

Do you think that if your family were to be introduced to this stuff that they might encourage you to transition or try to convince you that you're trans?

Definitely not. I'm their daughter/sister. I know my parents assumed I was gay (before I came home with a male partner), but I don't know if it ever occurred to them that I would be trans. They met my partner in 2015 so it's obvious now that I'm not a lesbian, and I think the concept of being a gay trans man would not be on their radar at all. It's just too unusual, along with identities like non-binary.

If he's wearing Harry Potter t-shirts then I would imagine he isn't too invested in trans and QT beliefs, or at least associating with those communities or too many of those kinds of people. What do you think you would say/do to try to peak him?

Yeah, I was thinking if he was a TRA, he would have either stopped wearing or showing his Harry Potter merchandise or at least distanced himself from Rowling. I don't think he's really in the "queer" community. He had a boyfriend for a short time who he met online and has been single the rest of the time I've known him. But he's not involved in any community or activist groups. If I were going to peak him, I'd bring up Rowling. Seems like the easiest way in. I'd ask him what he thinks about her or if he knows that she's now controversial.