being an atheist, a.k.a. “turning away from god,” did not make me trans.

your priests can’t fix this. 

Submitted by fugeinrot.

Wearing my brother’s hand-me-downs and playing with his toys did not make me trans

My parents weren’t too surprised when I came out, however. :D

Submitted by senseofvertigo.

Being Socialized as a Boy as a Child By Being Closer to My Dad and Having Mostly Male Friends Didn’t Make Me Trans

But it did make me aware that some days I was literally “one of the boys” and some days I wasn’t.

Submitted by spontaneousgoodorder.

Being too open-minded did not make me trans

but being “too” open-minded did make it easier.

Submitted by elf-army.

Finding myself attractive in a dress did not make me trans.

I’m allowed to have self esteem in whatever the fuck I wear despite what gender is assigned to the clothing.

Submitted by  thatswhatzhesaid.

Liking a lot of attention did not make me trans

and I’m not going to pretend attention isn’t important to me just because some people might think they’re related.

Submitted by Enoch (boygirlboigrrrl)

Insisting that I was something other than a human male or female as a child did not make me non-binary.

Really. I insisted that I was a rabbit.

I also was boggled by the fact that there were people who apparently had no interest in the concept of body-swapping.

Those things didn’t make me non-binary, but they were damn good clues to it.

Submitted by fierystage.

Wearing dungarees from the other side of the store did not make me trans.

It does make me wonder how people get by with so few pockets.

Submitted by kitbeard.

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