Trans or just Sexist?

• Posted by Kris McKinley January 11, 2019 #trans  #ftm  #Book  824 views
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  Hello everyone, I don't know if you remember me since it's been so long lol. I'm glad to be back though! I'm still in the writing business! I'm working on some things now and my current project is about a recurring nightmare I recently had. It's about me visiting myself as a male teenager and basically, what happens is it's a parallel universe so everybody is completely different! I want to share this with the world, but the problem is... In the dream my female self and male self argue over who's life is better and who has it easier... I grew up in a very sexist household, unfortunately, but I also definitely had gender dysphoria. Since the age of 2, I tried to stand when urinating, wanted to be called "he", and even gave myself multiple UTI's from ignoring that part of my body time and time again wanting to believe I "should have a penis like dad". Still, my 2 selves arguing whose life is easier comes off as sexist it seems... Should I really share this nightmare? If I do, should I not call the character trans? I have a story in mind that includes a childhood like mine already so I really just want this story to be about the nightmare alone, but I see people commenting "This is not gender dysphoria, it's just sexism" when they see what it's about. Any advice? It feels good to be back and I don't mind skipping this piece of work if it isn't good.