Haha, I'm a dropout, but a senior CS engineer. Been programming as long as I remember myself. I really am the stereotype, aside from not owning any pink-striped thigh-highs.
Well, Dad turned out to drown his marriage in alcohol all while screaming at me how I'm the one ruining my life and beating the rest of the kids, so... yeah. He got his karma.
Again, I think "cult shit" is an overdescription for my situation at least. I'm not in a country with inane self-ID laws like you losers are. And the "trans community" is honestly not a huge part in my life, so it's whatever. But I hope me & SO get on some common ground on that, there's probably genuine feelings behind this change in her that need to be talked through.
I'm 100% a freak, sorry. Poly shit, BDSM shit. I'm not as intensely into AGP as some people are - it's more of a longing for something not present - but it's definitely the best description of my sexuality I've found so far. Honestly, I'm mad that Blanchard's theory got no scientific continuation - I always knew the bill of "at-birth trans" doesn't fit either me or like 80% of trans people I interact with, and this framework has a lot of genuine predictive power. I wish people over at Mumsnet stopped getting their pearls in a knot after hearing "-philia" and immediately deciding that it's the DeGeNeRaCy which needs to be dealt with. You can be a freak and be a good person, and live responsibly. On the other hand, I wish AGPs stopped going into full denial whenever this gets brought up and worked through themselves with open eyes. Kind of a vicious cycle situation here.