>> I replied, "Your Honor, when did you know you were a boy?" <<
SCORE! Great way to answer the question in such an empathetic way.
>> I think since cisgender people (of which I am one) so rarely question their gender identity, they don't realize how early they KNEW it. <<
So true, especially about the questioning part. It often isn't until someone's assumptions about gender identity are challenged by a person they care about that a person becomes open to looking at those assumptions.
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Date: 2020-12-17 04:45 pm (UTC)SCORE! Great way to answer the question in such an empathetic way.
>> I think since cisgender people (of which I am one) so rarely question their gender identity, they don't realize how early they KNEW it. <<
So true, especially about the questioning part. It often isn't until someone's assumptions about gender identity are challenged by a person they care about that a person becomes open to looking at those assumptions.