oh yeah you want to be in the video say
hi hello world what's going on YouTube
if sport Aiden here and I just got back
from the gym a leg day got my bank on
but not really
that's compression pants yeah so I I
wanted to do a little topic video I want
to do some more topic videos in between
some of the beard videos and stuff like
that I just I just want to talk about
pretty much how to know if you're
transgender and just to kind of like get
anybody who's here to be like oh he how
do you you can't tell someone that
they're transgender I agree with that
statement but what I want to do is I
want to just kind of add some more
backing to that statement of like only
you can know that you're trans and this
is something that I've actually talked
about in other videos but I thought it
would be really good to touch base on it
again I have new subscribers just new
people who are discovering their gender
identity and exploring that gender
identity so I just want to take a few
minutes and kind of talk a little bit
more in depth about how to know if
you're transgender and what does that
mean and what do you do and some things
you can do to kind of explore that
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before I actually get into the video I
need to get a new haircut I'm just kind
of over this haircut it's getting like
extremely long in the back and like I
can't really style it that well so hard
in the hair okay so moving on to the
topic at hand oh goodness
so I you know I I've gotten a few emails
recently probably in the last like two
weeks right and the emails are all kind
of someone asking me like how did you
know that you were transgender lucky how
did you know that you were transgender
like what did you do what did you
discover like how did you figure it out
kind of thing and what I always say to
these people and what you probably have
heard is that like no one can really
tell you that you're trans only you can
make that choice but at the same time
it's just like when you feel souped like
when you're looking for guidance and
then someone says well that's only a
choice you can make it kind of feels
like yeah but but I'm looking for
guidance and that's kind of why I'm
asking I know it's something that only I
can decide but you know are there any
tips or techniques or things that I
could do to just become more in tune
with the feelings that I am having about
my possibility of my gender identity and
so the first thing I want to say is that
like okay so like the first tip is like
there's no rush there's really no rush I
see a lot of people rushing to get on
hormones rushing to have everybody
around them you know use the right
pronouns and use the right name and and
that's really it's good to be confident
and it's good to want to progress
yourself and you know if you really
you're holding true in your trans
identity that you really feel like
you've done the exploration and get
there to know that this is you then I
totally I say to be confident and to
remind people of your gender pronouns
and your your preferred name and stuff
like that but at the same time I also
just think like there's no big need to
rush we don't have to rush and get all
these things done like immediately you
know I think we should explore our being
transgender explore what that is to go
to some rallies around you go to some
you know queer events in your town or
drive a couple a couple of miles to go
to a trans event you know
explore your gender and you know don't
rush there is no rush like getting on
tea today is really not going to make
your life any better than getting on tea
in two days or in five days or in a year
now again like I understand they'll want
to get like things like pop surgery and
get on hormones and get your name and
gender marker change I'm not saying that
like I think every want those things
what I'm saying is just make sure you're
not rushing them make sure that they're
happening in in in alignment with how
you're feeling and what what personally
internally the internal struggle you're
feeling so don't rush there's no need to
rush the second tip would be like
explore more use your house use whatever
place that you feel comfortable to
explore like have your friends have your
partners have your family members if
they're open to it like do you feel
better being called she being called he
being called they or them
you know what feels better to you
because that's really what this about
it's about a feeling right so what I
want to do or what I challenge you to do
is explore explore your surrounding
trust really feminine see how you like
it do you not like it or do you love it
right just really masculine do you like
it or do you not like it
dress in Trojan ously you know mix in
some feminine things miss it mixing some
masculine things how do you feel like
that does that actually feel more in
line with you and you know um so so I
just think exploring it's really
important and if you're a parent or
somebody who is trying to support
someone who you think may be transgender
or someone who you know is exploring
their their gender be open to these
things try to help them out try to
suggest be like hey you know would you
like me to call you he you want to see
how that feels for a couple of days and
you can let me know if that's something
that you like or you don't like you know
we can talk about if it makes you feel
good or makes you feel uneasy or what
those feelings are right so explore use
this time to explore you know you don't
have to pick anything you don't have to
rush you can explore and check
everything out see what makes you feel
comfortable I just want to like let
people know again I get a lot of emails
recently um about you know am i trans
how did
no you know because I didn't know at a
young age I knew a lot older again as a
friendly reminder like don't rush you do
not have to rush and pick something like
right now and then stick to it you know
and I mean like don't rush and in that
time that you're not rushing that you're
taking your time explore more do some
exploring test things out like even if
you're nervous like do it in your room
when no one's looking you know whatever
you might paint your nails and then like
take it off you know just see how you
feel
experiment you're on I mean experiment
with that kind of stuff okay cool so I
hope that this maybe helped some of you
out there maybe just some like quick
quick little tips on like how to figure
out you know how to explore you know
what to do and to figure out like your
your gender identity and at the end of
the day you know that's what we mean
when we say like only you can decide
what your gender identity is and you
can't let someone else tell you that
you're not male enough or not female
enough or not androgynous enough you
know on that you're not anything enough
to qualify as this right because your
feelings are valid and how you feel is
is how you are I mean that's that's it I
hope that maybe this helps you guys out
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