Being Trans and Being Fictionkin
So, everyone knows being kin and being transgender have nothing to do with one another, right? They’re two completely different experiences.
I am transgender. Mentally, spiritually, and all but bodily I am and always have been a woman. Don’t like to talk about it much because my dysphoria can get pretty bad. But it’s how it is. I’m a transwoman.
But I’m also a reincarnation kin. I believe in my past lives as various folks who have been considered fictional/fictional species in this universe. I believe these lives happened in an order, and now I’m here, and when I’m gone I will show up somewhere else. They’re important to me and my identity. But in a different way than being trans is.
Sure, I’ve been predominantly a woman through most of my recalled lives. Sure that says something about my spirit, which I believe in. But other than that. being trans deals in some heavy shit. Real oppression. Real negative treatment and societal pressures. Being fictionkin…doesn’t really? I mean. I get trolled occasionally (as does the community, often). But there’s no societal benchmark for kin feelings. There’s no worry about people hurting you for going out in a dress, and hoping you look feminine enough to not be attacked or verbally harassed. (Or the opposite for transmen. I’m just speaking from my personal experience with the examples)
That’s not to say kin don’t get harassed or have to worry. That’s not what I’m saying at all. As i said, we get some pretty negative treatment in the tags and communities. It’s just not really in the same ‘societal’ kinda way. Society isn’t pushing down against us. Douchebags with too much time on their hands are.
I know trolling can be really awful. And i’m sorry for anyone ever targeted, and that i hope you do alright. Try not to let the words of a coward hiding behind a screen hurt you. i know it’s hard. But you can do it :). Trolling sucks.and I know i try to do my small part in helping fight against it when I can.
And my kin has nothing to do with my gender. It’s simply another part of my personal identity and beliefs. I’m not ‘snake-gender’. I’m not anything like that. These two parts of my identity are a part of my mind and soul. But not the same.
