New girl in my Sunday school class: Are you a girl?
Me: No, but people used to think I was a girl.
Girl: Oh. Is that why the other teacher called you (deadname)?
Me: Yes, that’s my old name I used before I told people I’m not a girl. But I haven’t used my new name forever so sometimes (other teacher) forgets.
Girl: Okay. I’ll remember to use your new name! *bounces over to the toy cars*
…….
Me: I want you to start calling me Mx instead of Miss. Okay?
Little boy: Okay. *violently stabs crayon into paper* Mx Roman, I broked the crayon.
Me: That’s probably because you stabbed the paper with it, buddy.
…….
3 y/o : Are you a boy or a girl?
Me: Sometimes I’m a boy. Sometimes I’m not a boy or a girl.
3 y/o: *proudly puffs out chest* I’m a girl all the time.
Me: Good for you, kiddo.
3 y/o: I know.
…….
Preschoolers understand better than any adult I’ve ever met.
“*violently stabs crayon into paper* Mx Roman I broke a crayon” MY HEART
The single most gender related validating moment I ever had was with a child.
My sister has to see a chiropractor for her skuliosis and I was just chilling in the waiting room (pre-covid ofc) and this random girl comes up to me. She couldn’t have been any older than like 7. Out of nowhere she just asks me “are you a boy or a girl?” And I see the receptionist just fucking like, snap her head in my direction and I start panicking bc this is a ✨ c h r i s t i a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t ✨ and I kinda was like “uH wHaT” a couple times, hoping the receptionist would like, find something better to look at but she didn’t. Anyway, eventually I just say “well, I’m neither..” and I was gonna try to explain myself since, yknow, I usually have to, but this kid just interrupts me to say “oh well I’m a girl” and then starts talking about toys and I just kinda fuckin blanked out bc she just, DIDNT QUESTION IT??? And I was literally so happy in that moment I completely forgot the receptionist even existed lmfao so I have no clue how she felt about that. But yeah, it just makes me happy to think back on it π
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