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"textContent": "weirdly-specific-but-ok:\n\n> yes, India made legal gender change impossible\n> but the doctor down the street who gives me my T shots\n> in a clinic so small that it’s just two rooms\n> was excited for me when she said my voice had dropped\n>\n> yes, India made legal gender change impossible\n> but the receptionist who could see that I was a man\n> didn’t bat an eyelash when I asked to see the gynecologist\n> and called me sir when he asked how I wanted to pay\n>\n> yes, India made legal gender change impossible\n> but the barber cuts my hair exactly how I want it\n> and never gave me strange looks for being in a men’s salon\n> not even back when I didn’t pass as one\n>\n> yes, India made legal gender change impossible\n> but my friends have always gendered me correctly\n> and stick to it even when it confuses other people\n> and my friend’s little sibling calls me _older brother_ in Kannada\n>\n> yes, India made legal gender change impossible\n> but my dog learned my new name quicker than the humans\n> and she runs to give me a kiss when she’s told to\n> without being confused about who’s being referred to\n>\n> yes, India made legal gender change impossible\n> but I can feel the Adam’s apple growing in my throat\n> and my muscles getting stronger, and my smile more real\n> and I’m growing a beard, and I talk more freely\n>\n> yes, India made legal gender change impossible\n> but I’m here, and I’m alive, and so are you\n> and there are good people, people who care\n> and don’t let them make you forget that–\n> you are not alone.",
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