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boomerang109 · 2 years ago

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being trans is so hard and confusing but sometimes you get called the right name and the right pronoun and it feels so right and sometimes it’s by a group of guys discussing how they’re old enough to remember when TV’s had dials that switched to one of three channels, and they’re still respecting your pronouns and maybe you can be okay

#I’ve been having a crisis cause basically if you say my irl name is boomerang #I’ve been going by just boom more #and these theatre posters came out and they had the directors name and my name on them #no other names—not even the other professor who led the other class #and that poster said boomerang cause that’s my full name that’s normal #but it just looked WRONG which I’ve never felt before (like even tho I primarily go by boom now I still sign all my emails boomerang.#so it’s not like it’s a deadname or anything. it’s literally just a nickname that happens to feel more gender) but since boom felt better I #asked them to put boom in the program and they did!!#and sometimes I look at it and go 🥰that looks right #and sometimes I look at it and go 😡that looks unprofessional you should’ve kept HOLY SHIT I ALMOST TYPED MY NAME WHOOPS you should’ve kept #boomerang cause that’s what people with nicknames do and it’s more professional bla bla bla #but like #potentially I want to not use it so much as a nickname but a name name #because of gender #but idk yet #boom is significantly less formal of a name and does have the connotations of a nickname unfortunately #but that’s also why I think it feels so fun to be called it #cause they say boom and I’m like 😁me whereas they say boomerang and I’m like 🫣why so serious #anyway i hope this made sense im not actually talking about boom versus boomerang I just didn’t want to use my irl name lol #OH BUT THE POINT OF THE POST WAS REGARDLESS OF MY NAME IRL I GET CALLED BOOM AND TWO PROFESSORS AND A PROFESSOR’S HUSBAND WERE IN THIS MANLY #CIRCLE AND I JUST JOINED AND WAS IN THE CONVERSATION AND I DEFINITELY WAS AWKWARD BUT IDK I FELT APPRECIATED ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS GENDERED #boom blogs high #i still want to take a bath or at least change into comfy clothes and just haven’t moved whoops #it’s cold and my blanket is warm

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