I’m surprised that this much wokeness is even here where I live. My state has been largely unaffected by the gender wars.

I think they're just underrepresented in some places. Like how other areas overrepresent the woke. And colleges in general are usually the exception to the dominant regional culture that isn't, anyway.

When I just said she/her and a shortened form of my name because it's a longer name, the group went quiet. I broke the silence with a heterophobic joke and talked about my previous work.

No offense, but imagining this awkward scene playing out made me lol 😂

NB chick then talked about how her father doesn't like trans people, which she doesn't get why because he let her do boy activities when she was young.

Probably because doing traditionally "boy" activities not anything as controversial or objectionable as identifying as the other sex.

The NBs struggles are just their parents not getting it.

Unfortunately for them, no one truly gets it. Everyone's just playing along.

Thanks for your summary. Hope to hear more about your experiences with this group.