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  • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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    18 days ago

    IDK if I’m a boy and Gender is Boring by She/Her/Hers were the songs I listened to on repeat the year I realized I was trans. Both of which have ended up in my brother’s playlists as well.

    LJG/Against Me! is probably the artist I’ve listened to the most consistently over the past like 13-14 years. Listened to her before the transgender dysphoria blues came out nearly 12 years ago (which is sometimes considered her coming out album*), but I was perplexed by her gender before that album because she used her deadname still back then, but like… I was pretty certain she was using she/her to refer to herself in Trash Unreal (which I still don’t know if she was referring to herself in third person).

    She was already a favorite of mine before the transgender dysphoria blues came out and that easily became my favorite album of mine. Somehow I never realized that maybe really loving songs about gender dysphoria might suggest I had some introspection to do.

    But its cool how my perception of even her old music has changed over the years such that I even find it affirming to sing along with even the oldest Against Me! albums. There may be some drama about her personal relationship with her now ex-GF, of which I know little about and perhaps is just smoke.

    *Ocean and Searching for a Former Clarity came out well before that, but cis people are oblivious. TBF, I never listened to the lyrics until after I realized I was trans a few years ago.

    • HexaSnoot [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      17 days ago

      It’s interesting how we can research things we’re going through without even being concious of the fact that we’re researching our strange life experiences that are happening/have happened to us. I had no clue I was genderfluid until I found out Dorian Electra was not doing drag, but rather a person who went by “they/them.” I got obsessed with their fun music videos and it led me to understanding myself more. They’re the reason I finally internalized they/them as real pronouns. I respectfully called people they/them before, but i didn’t really get it until Dorian showed me a strong example.

      The lyrics to “Ocean” are a beautiful and romantic vision where LJG is clearly free and in love as a cis woman, and I love it.

      I’ll slowly check out the album “Searching for a Former Clarity.”