#i recommended unmasking autism because my therapist said i should read it

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Not going to work today does mean that I don't get to know how my coworker responded to my self help book recommendation for her daughter which I did not remember was so trans affirming.

She's struggling with her son too who is marrying a woman even though he is...clearly gay. She was saying "no! I don't want my son to be gay, but I do want him to be happy"

#totes bro #i will say though when you earn someones respect as an actual human being #people like change their minds on these things #because i am the first gay person a lot of people have actually known #my coworker is an okay person shes just working through stuff #i think her husband is a bit more chill #i recommended unmasking autism because my therapist said i should read it #so we'd be reading it at the same time #anyway i finished it and hmmmm it does point out the truth that all autistic people are trans ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ #i would recommend the book depending on where you are in your life like if youre already unapologetically weird then its neat #but if you're crushed under expectations its probably helpful #I'm hoping she really gets something from the introduction #because she uses my experiences to try and make sense of her daughters struggles #and I think she knows enough about me to know that the introduction describes exactly me #because shes also unfamiliar with idk the causes of drug use and i think it explains it well