Dorothy - a rant

When I joined a new school, I met a girl and became friends with her on the very first day.... We shared our interests and hobbies and she asked if I would support the LGBTQ+ community... I didn't have that much exposure to the outside world those days so I had no idea about it.

That's when she taught me what each letter stands for and until then I only knew about transgenders. I thought for a while and then I told her Yes and that made her so excited

After 3 months of our friendship she confessed to me that she identifies herself as a transman and is experiencing body dysmorphia and hates dressing up as a woman

This confession took a toll on me because I started reminiscing how close we were... We used to hug a lot, hold hands and she even once told me that if she was a man she would marry me.

Even though I was very welcoming towards her because she is my besttt friend (ik I'm misgendering her but I'll tell you why) it was really hard for me to accept her and I felt uncomfortable around her.

She told me to call her by a man's name and use he/him pronouns.. I did it for her sake and she used to send me photos of her dressed up like a man and I used to call her handsome

Even if I've never shown her my discomfort, I had to question a lot of things... I was the only one who knew about her girlfriend in our class and she constantly used to tell me to explore by dating women.

One thing I understood is that, It's very hard to be her ... I can't even imagine the amount of problems she must face in her life... So I decided to accept her the way she is after all she is the same human!

After we left for college we lost touch with each other but had each other's socials.... So I knew her life, she had 4 boyfriends and is now dating a guy too.. and she posts a lot of photos wearing sarees and feminine dresses

Once I wished on her birthday, she told me indirectly to forget everything she confessed earlier (if anyone reading this belong to the community please tell me what's happening here)

That's why I'm referring her as She right now!

Yesterday while watching Dorothy, I related a lot with karthi and the way he acts around subbu.

One thing I wanna say is that we need more such movies to bring the reality of some people into light.

No one deserves to be hated for being who they are... Ik acceptance takes a longgg way but the least you can do is be kind🤍🫂

And I'm really really madddd at the audience for celebrating rishikanth and Keerthi more than sananthh!!!