Panel 1: Bilbo Baggins holding a character sheet.
- Bilbo: “After all, why not?”
Panel 2: character sheet now has a transgender pride flag in it.
- Bilbo: “Why shouldn’t I make this character trans?”
Exploring identities through roleplay is a valuable experience. I discovered I was bisexual because I made a gay mad scientist, and it turned out that didn’t take much effort to stay in character.
That said I made an enby war survivor for a game about pilots and as a cis guy I have no idea what I’m doing. Thankfully nobody has seen any problem, including a trans friend, but I constantly feel like I’m about to fumble it.
I discovered I was bisexual because I made a gay mad scientist.
Ayyyyyy, part of the reason I found out I’m trans is through realising I enjoyed playing female characters moreso than men, and had an easier time doing it.
Serious question: as a man you have no idea what a woman feels like or think, so when you are playing a “female” character you are just playing what you think a woman is like. How does this make you not a man?
Through a fun social activity I got to explore that aspect of my life in a safe environment and realised it was mismatched with my body, so I dubbed myself a woman, henceforth, because that was the label that felt most correct for my perception of reality.
Although I’ll also have to retort with a serious question of my own: why should I rationalise my perception of my own gender to you?
