Very good friend of mine from college recently came out as trans.
His story reinforced my belief that it's all just mental bullshit, escapism, and ego.
His story begins with how his step father would beat the living fuck out of him when my friend, as a very young child, would play dress up. Dress up is a thing young kids do. They do it because they think "wearing mommies dress is funny!" or "look at me I'm wearing daddies shoes!" Cause a little kid playing grown up is funny. Well, my friends step dad beat the every living fuck out of him when my friend was caught playing dress up.
And then a year or so later my friend's step dad would constantly molest and rape him. True story.
My friend had always been the type to chase quirky trends. Star tattoos and argyle and emo hair in the early 2000s. Suspenders and waxed mustachio in that era.
He is, by all intents and purposes, a loser. College drop out. Never had a real job. Couldn't hold down a bar back. Got a Tinder hookup pregnant with twins, has not been able to take care of them.
And, finally, now he's a troon. And his introduction ended with "and if you don't like it, you can unfriend me, fuck off, etc etc". Desperate to force positive attention.
100% validation for 40 years of failure, 40 years of unfulfilled bullshit.
I wonder where he'll be in 20 years.
Actually I know exactly where he'll be in at least the next 10.