'jokes'

Amanda Riddell
Oct 1, 2023
1 min read

well, I can laugh at myself, but I think a lot of people who think I'm overly defensive aren't aware of how much it sucks to have people 'jokingly' call you a girl or a poofter. It happened a lot when I was a teenager. Which is why I'm particularly insulted that, despite these 'jokes' when I was in school, people still struggle to accept the real me who wants to be a woman. 👋

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Amanda Riddell

Sep 30, 2023

And now, since I came out, it's people who, 'joking', say that I'm a bloke or something similar.