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- Aug 8, 2018
Never thought I'd have to make this post. If this is powerleveling too much I'll delete, I just want to get it out.
My brother has turned into a lolcow. He was a somewhat normal, albeit extremely shy (as in, he probably has selective mutism) guy. He loved Tolkien, FPS games, action movies, and capeshit. You know, standard 'guy stuff'. His name is gender neutral, but often associated more with women these days, and as a result he's been assumed to be a girl quite often. He's always hated this.
Well, the past year and a half or so, he's started opening up to me more. We're both adults (he's 22, I'm 25) and we were developing a close relationship. I'm the first person he told he'd deconverted to atheism. I've been there, so I understood and tried to be supportive. He then went on to tell me that he was bisexual. I was fine with this too, but I advised him not to tell our parents because they're anti-LGBT and unless he was planning to be in a relationship with a man that would require their knowledge, it's not their business. He said 'Well I think I should tell them to show them they can be wrong sometimes.' At the time, I thought maybe it'd be a good idea-our parents are very strict in their beliefs, but maybe having a son who dates men and seeing that it's not all bad would change their minds. And being bisexual isn't a huge offense to them anyway.
Things began to deteriorate from there. In November, he told me he was extremely discouraged and thought about killing himself because he's so shy he appears standoffish so people steer clear of him. This was a huge shock to me, but I chose to just be there for him. Our parents wouldn't take it well so I didn't think that telling them would lead anywhere good.
Well, in February he took me out to dinner and told me he wanted to start transistion. That's right. My brother, who never gave off a single indicator that he was trans in the past (if anything he gave off the opposite vibes, what with being upset when he was assumed to be female), now identifies as a trans woman. He came out to me and said he planned to come out to our parents when he moved out. Note that as of now, they have no idea he's an atheist or bisexual, so this would be a nuke.
I told him to seek out therapy before telling them because I didn't think he could handle it on his own. He got angry with me for the suggestion because he HAS to tell them, you see.
Well, long story short, I put the pieces together. He has been using Reddit as therapy. He's called himself an egg. For those who don't know, there's a subreddit called egg_IRL for trannies who just don't know it yet. I swear to god, they actually groom people into it. So basically, Reddit radicalized my brother.
Why am I bringing this up now? Well, even though he hasn't found a therapist or moved out yet, he's coming out to our parents tomorrow. Why? Because he's decided he HAS to start HRT RIGHT NOW and has his first appointment tomorrow...at a clinic an hour and a half away. Again, he has gotten zero therapy. And trust me, he needs it. He chose the absolute worst way to handle this. And of course, I can't do anything, because every time I offered to help him find a therapist, he made up an excuse and threw a tantrum if I pushed the issue. He is becoming the stereotypical Reddit Tranny.
My brother has turned into a lolcow. He was a somewhat normal, albeit extremely shy (as in, he probably has selective mutism) guy. He loved Tolkien, FPS games, action movies, and capeshit. You know, standard 'guy stuff'. His name is gender neutral, but often associated more with women these days, and as a result he's been assumed to be a girl quite often. He's always hated this.
Well, the past year and a half or so, he's started opening up to me more. We're both adults (he's 22, I'm 25) and we were developing a close relationship. I'm the first person he told he'd deconverted to atheism. I've been there, so I understood and tried to be supportive. He then went on to tell me that he was bisexual. I was fine with this too, but I advised him not to tell our parents because they're anti-LGBT and unless he was planning to be in a relationship with a man that would require their knowledge, it's not their business. He said 'Well I think I should tell them to show them they can be wrong sometimes.' At the time, I thought maybe it'd be a good idea-our parents are very strict in their beliefs, but maybe having a son who dates men and seeing that it's not all bad would change their minds. And being bisexual isn't a huge offense to them anyway.
Things began to deteriorate from there. In November, he told me he was extremely discouraged and thought about killing himself because he's so shy he appears standoffish so people steer clear of him. This was a huge shock to me, but I chose to just be there for him. Our parents wouldn't take it well so I didn't think that telling them would lead anywhere good.
Well, in February he took me out to dinner and told me he wanted to start transistion. That's right. My brother, who never gave off a single indicator that he was trans in the past (if anything he gave off the opposite vibes, what with being upset when he was assumed to be female), now identifies as a trans woman. He came out to me and said he planned to come out to our parents when he moved out. Note that as of now, they have no idea he's an atheist or bisexual, so this would be a nuke.
I told him to seek out therapy before telling them because I didn't think he could handle it on his own. He got angry with me for the suggestion because he HAS to tell them, you see.
Well, long story short, I put the pieces together. He has been using Reddit as therapy. He's called himself an egg. For those who don't know, there's a subreddit called egg_IRL for trannies who just don't know it yet. I swear to god, they actually groom people into it. So basically, Reddit radicalized my brother.
Why am I bringing this up now? Well, even though he hasn't found a therapist or moved out yet, he's coming out to our parents tomorrow. Why? Because he's decided he HAS to start HRT RIGHT NOW and has his first appointment tomorrow...at a clinic an hour and a half away. Again, he has gotten zero therapy. And trust me, he needs it. He chose the absolute worst way to handle this. And of course, I can't do anything, because every time I offered to help him find a therapist, he made up an excuse and threw a tantrum if I pushed the issue. He is becoming the stereotypical Reddit Tranny.