• Carnelian@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    In this hypothetical you are trans and gay, and your parents nonetheless continue to persist with the cis and straight mental model they have of you in their heads. It’s an incredibly common experience among queer people. The post isn’t about how remarkable it is that parents generally assume their child is “default”, as you put it.