I’m sure I’ve said this before, but it never fails to weird me out a little bit that all these people I know used to walk around as other genders.

That trans guy friend? He’s such a dude! He actually likes lawn work. He’s so guy that he slides into the “makes me a little uncomfortable” territory. (Not toxic. Just a lot of “I don’t get you.”) And while I intellectually know that people used to think he was a girl, I literally can’t imagine it.

My girl friends? They’re all hot as hell and girlier than a 10-year-old’s unicorn themed birthday party. And people used to think we were dudes? Really? I mean, I’ve seen that pictures. I’ve watched many of them transition. I know what happened. But it still breaks my brain every time I think about it. At some point, the transition timelines are just silly.

This must be a least part of why cis people get wigged out. If I’m experiencing the cognitive dissonance and I’ve gone through it myself, I imagine it must be worse for someone for whom gender has always been a fixed thing.