I’ve never wanted to be a girl. I did have interest in playing with girls' toys, but I still had more interest in boys' toys. Every Christmas I wanted something from Hot Wheels, and for three years I wanted Matchbox toys for my birthday. I’ll admit that I was a bit of a weird kid, but mostly because I preferred to hangout with people older than me or younger than me as opposed to children my age. Most of my friends were boys when I grew up. When I was 5, I wanted to be a policemen. Then I wanted to be an astronaut. Then I wanted to be a builder. Then a scientist.

I did become a little more feminine in my adolescence, then again, it was mostly because I was trying to cope with my disability and my poor athleticism. As soon as I came out as gay, I became more confident in myself. I stopped letting my disability hold me back, accepted my limitations and became significantly more masculine. So I got into sports, started going to the gym, asked for weights for Christmas and took up karate lessons. But even being slightly effeminate would get a hardcore lefty parent or teacher to try and convince a boy that he’s actually a girl nowadays. This shit is insidious.

AskGayBros is a fairly dogshit subreddit, but I will always give credit where credit is due. At least they are one of the only subs on Reddit that occasionally put their feet down and say no to TRAs.