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Here is a link of my episode in the series, Identify, hosted by the Olympicchannel and Vice. This series features the stories of 5 transgender athletes and their struggles/triumphs and this one is my story. My episode highlights how important my relationships with those close to me have made me strong and helped me through any obstacles I have faced thus far.
This is definitely the most in depth piece on me and I am extremely proud to stand behind this series.
where I grew up in California not only is “dude” generally non-gender-specific, half of the time it doesn’t even refer to a person at all.
I said it to a faucet today.
A customer once came to me to order a sandwich and said “I want this dude”
Dude is more than a word, it’s an emotion.
dude is a way of life
maybe the real dudes were the friends we made along the way
it feels like an inverted exclamation point, in a way. “dude, look at this” feels a lot like the way “!!!! look at this” could be used here on tumblr
I WILL ALWAYS USE DUDE AS A GENDER NONSPECIFIC PLACEHOLDER WORD UNLESS
UNLESS
UNLES!!!!!!! you are uncomfortable with being called dude and then i will try my best to not do that because i respect that it can be dysphoria inducing my friend.
I am Californian so I apologize in advance for Dude-ing u if u prefer not to be Duded at and will try my best.
I grew up in the nineties. ‘Dude’ can be anything or anyone. Lemme know if this isn’t cool with you.
-(Heard over the phone) “I don’t care WHAT is in your pants or what you identify as, GET THE FUCKING PISS OFF THE TOILET SEAT”
– “I don’t get why some men like to call themselves straight and then say they’d never date a Trans woman because honestly if you’re willing to exclude an entire subsection of women based on something so stupid you’re probably not worth their time anyways”
-“I don’t know why some guys worry about gay men in the locker rooms because if I was a gay guy, even I wouldn’t date me. I’ve been wearing the same shirt for three days.“
-(Over spring break) “How the fuck do you make Kraft mac&cheese”
-“What do you mean it’s written on the box– WAIT SHIT IT IS”
-“I hit on a lesbian two weeks ago in the SU without knowing it and I still feel bad about it”
-“I honestly think I’d prefer living with a (Trans) person at this point because if they’re even as half as cool as you then it’s got to be better than living with two 19 year old boys who have fucking competitions of who can piss farther on the ceiling”
-“For some reason even in college guys don’t seem to get that the only reason I get so many girls’ numbers is because I treat them like I would treat anyone else”
-“No seriously they think you have to act uninterested or like a dick for some reason”
-“No I don’t know why they think hitting on a lesbian is anything but a lot of secondhand embarrassment for the rest of us”
-“My roommate came into the room looking really dejected and when I asked why he said that he spent hours talking to this girl just to find out that she had a boyfriend the whole time and didn’t say anything” (And after me asking why it mattered) “I dunno, apparently he doesn’t understand the concept of friends”
-(After me saying I don’t get heterosexuals sometimes) “Even I don’t understand straight guys little dude, and I am one”
Also: “I’m actually really glad you’re a boy because now I can do THIS” (pretends to full on body slam me into the couch and then carries me around over his shoulder in a fit of laughter)
omg this warms my heart
Holy shit this got 1K notes you’re all gonna make my brother cocky
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