The Government Helped Me Make Up My Mind On The Transgender Issue

I was never sure of my stance on transgender folks— until now

Mallory Elizabeth Baskin
4 min readJun 13, 2023
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I wasn’t a supporter of trans people. That is right, as a lesbian, I wasn’t a supporter of trans people. I thought we had taken science too far, and I bought into the two-genders thing. But recently I have come to some important decisions. And all this hullabaloo from the government about trans folks helped cement them.

Just Because I Don’t Experience It Doesn’t Mean It Can’t Be Real

I have never wanted to be a boy, except for the times in high school when I thought dress codes and other rules were unfair. But I don’t think wanting the perks of being male is the same as wanting to be one. I have always been content with being female. I don’t fit in with the majority of females because I am too tomboyish and often felt others assumed I was trying to be a boy. However, I never had any inkling that I was meant to be a male, that I was in the wrong body, or that I was assigned a gender I wasn’t part of.

But not having this feeling myself doesn’t mean it can’t exist or that others don’t feel it.

I have never had any desire to skydive, to try recreational drugs just to know what it’s like, or go…

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Mallory Elizabeth Baskin
Mallory Elizabeth Baskin

Written by Mallory Elizabeth Baskin

Trying to get good at this writing thing. Talking about being gay, education, religion, getting better, and making life worth living.

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