It gives me hope yeah, alot of my family and coworkers are extremely conservative and it’s given me hope that they’re not the default for cis people. I’ve since gotten away from alot of them and met irl friends who’re more accepting but the presence of people online who didn’t begrudgingly tolerate me before then has given me hope and the courage I would need to advocate for myself and not accept the bare minimum
It gives me hope yeah, alot of my family and coworkers are extremely conservative and it’s given me hope that they’re not the default for cis people. I’ve since gotten away from alot of them and met irl friends who’re more accepting but the presence of people online who didn’t begrudgingly tolerate me before then has given me hope and the courage I would need to advocate for myself and not accept the bare minimum