Tag: lgbtq

A few months ago, someone I know commented on a Facebook post of someone else I know and made a joke about gender. When my trans child confronted them on it and I later confronted them on it, they responded by saying that their comment wasn’t directed at my child and that they’d never disrespect my child like that.

The thing is though when you make fun of a marginalized group, you disrespect those who belong to that group, even if you didn’t direct your comments to those specific people.

Back in June, our 10-year-old attended an event. It was Pride Week, so they were wearing a trans flag as a cape, had their shoes painted in the colours of the pansexual and trans flags, and had tiny pan and trans flags painted on their cheeks.

An adult at the event asked them about the flag on their back and the flags on their cheeks. When they explained pansexuality and transgender, the adult responded with something like, “Aren’t you a bit too young to decide something like that?”