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[–] jellyfish@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I remember when my sister disowned me. She was a huge Harry Potter fan growing up. When she heard that I started HRT she sent me vile text messages for months, quoting Rowling's then recent essay on trans people. I got to hear how disgusting I was from my own sister, parroting the words of JK Rowling.

She gives those who hate trans people validity, and spreads their message. I know how dangerous it is; I lost my sister in part because of her.

[–] frogman@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

that's really tough to hear, thanks for sharing jellyfish. i hope time can heal some of your wounds, and i hope your sister is ashamed of this some day.

[–] ImASquirrelYipee@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm so sorry for what happened, and I've deleted both posts (at least on Beehaw for the other one). I didn't think of it the way you and Fracture showed it to me and I'm thankful that you shared your insight.

[–] jellyfish@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's really kind of you, thank you. I know never talking about Harry Potter isn't possible, even if I wish it was. Some of my friends are huge Harry Potter fans, I was too at one point; but we agreed just to try to avoid the subject when I'm around.

Having a place like Beehaw has been really nice, it's a place I can relax and let my guard down. I hope Lemmy adds the ability to hide posts, that's help a lot with stuff like this.