My advice for trans people recently starting out:

There's a million and a half ways to deliberately expose yourself to the words and views of people who hate you. Don't.

Reading that shit doesn't make you any better informed, just more hurt and bitter.

@starkatt yep i just recently skipped reading a news story after seeing the headline and freaked the fuck out a lot less and i think that's ok.

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