While you won't neccessarily get holed up with one you will definitly see them in your courses and on campus if it's anything like here. Kid brother, who's also early twenties, very aware of the troon menace and arguably more militant than myself when it comes to being anti-gay, started uni last year, after finishing his apprentenceship in a staunchly working-class field. He called me up after his first week, sounding exhausted and a little bit scared and told me "[My name]... there are people with pronoun pins here. And trannies. They are all REAL! The ukrainian chick in my course told me she's non-binary!", it was hilarious
Goodness, it reminds me of my university days. Graduated four years ago and when I first began, things were chill. But suddenly, more trannies and gender specials popped up. People who had been basic white girls, suddenly dyed their hair and changed their names, and insisted that the proper pronouns be used.
I distinctly remember a weird little exchange during a morning course in German (I am a lit student graduate and the curriculum demanded that we look at literature through history, through different languages, hereunder German) and our professor, a stellar lector and a very nice man, using a saying that was pretty innocent. Directly translated, it essentially means "every man", and is used to address a large group of people from a position of authority.
Historically used in a military setting AFAIK but has been adopted for everyday speech. So by teachers and parents and whatnot.
Well, this tutu-wearing gender special had a hissyfit, standing up and going; "Excuse me, I'm not a man!" No, she was not but she was also not the only woman that day and no one else gave a shit.
A less egregious example was during my final year when this long-haired natural blonde girl I rarely talked to but was otherwise on neutral terms with suddenly showed up with short blue hair, changing her name and going by "they/them"
And the lector just rolled with it and I was fucking confused for half the class. A lot of the lectors for that understudy did actually, with one outright lecturing us in "heteronormativity"
Poor girl drank the troonshine fully. In the following years, she went on pride parades in BDSM gear and cut off her tits.
Universities are full of people who are not critical thinkers. I was really shocked by how dim-witted most students were when I went. You would be disturbed by how poor the writing will be from other students. Random posters on KF generally write better than most undergraduates do, and ideas in random posts will be more developed. University can be a very sobering experience.
Interesting. I thought the people I went to Uni with were actually pretty smart and well-spoken but I suppose you have to be somewhat competent linguistically when you're studying literature and producing some of your own through the courses outside the usual written exam and the thesis.
Now the emotional maturity on the other hand....yeah, that's a whole different story. I remember being so disappointed when I started and there were cliques and drama and infighting and gossiping. Granted, most people here are 19 or 20 when they enroll so I guess it's just a given.
I see troons around more and more in general ever since the middle of last year, even in my Little Mecca part of town. It's unnerving.
I feel strangely blessed in that regard. I live in Pitstop-for-cheap-hotdogs town, United Nations of Eurobeat. And I haven't seen a troon in my town. I know there are troons in the municipality but they gather elsewhere and leave my corner of the universe alone.
Pride Month is a non-factor here. No flags, no parades, no nothing. People just don't give a shit and admittedly it's refreshing. It might change when I move but right now, I'm enjoying the peace and quiet.
