(i ripped this off wikipedia real fast so sorry if it's lib)
In October 1776, the Public Universal Friend contracted an epidemic disease and was bedridden and near death with a high fever. Their family summoned a doctor from Attleboro, six miles away, and neighbors kept up a death-watch at night. The fever broke after several days. The Friend later reported that [deadname redacted] had died, receiving revelations from God through two archangels who proclaimed there was "Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone". The Friend further said that [deadname redacted]'s soul had ascended to heaven and the body had been reanimated with a new spirit charged by God with preaching his word, that of the "Publick Universal Friend", describing that name in the words of Isaiah 62:2 as "a new name which the mouth of the Lord hath named".
From that time on, the Friend refused to answer to their deadname, ignoring or chastising those who insisted on using it. When visitors asked if it was the name of the person they were addressing, the Friend simply quoted Luke 23:3 ("thou sayest it"). Identifying as neither male nor female, the Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns. Followers respected these wishes; they referred only to "the Public Universal Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F.", and many avoided gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries. When someone asked if the Friend was male or female, the preacher replied "I am that I am", saying the same thing to a man who criticized the Friend's manner of dress (adding, in the latter case, "there is nothing indecent or improper in my dress or appearance; I am not accountable to mortals").
editorial note: I think this is a very cool story and I really love hearing it. We've been around forever and we've been doing variations of this forever. It's really beautiful
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A cissie puts a point into Perception (taking their stat from a 1/10 to a 2/10) and they go "WOAH is that a different gender???"
It is nice to see cissies being good about it.
I’m not ready
I don’t want to be seen. I like playing this guy character where no matter how badly I do it doesn’t matter because it’s not real and who cares about being a guy anyway
Yeah but not being disconnected from the world and being seen for who you are kinda rules.
I realise that I my brain is broken on this subject and I'm much more given to heart-on-sleeve type expression than most, I can see the appeal of the character. But getting gendered right and having people see the real you is cool.
As a very masc presenting person if someone asked me if they/them was cool I would blush so hard lol
It is cool just scary. It’s also a little disheartening that he thought I used they/them instead of she/her, but I do still go by [very masc first name] at school and present the same way I always have so I guess it’s kind of understandable
I'm getting to a similar point as well where people just know that something cissn't is happening when they look at me, even if they can't quite place it. My boymoding days are numbered and I relate to this feeling a lot. Thankfully winter is coming, so I don't have to think about it too much and hide under a big coat for now.
I've also been dreading to go out clothes shopping, but like 4 different people have offered to come out with me by now, so maybe I need to do that soon and just embrace the femme look for reals
The only thing I can think to look forward to are long dresses, but I'm too scared to wear that kind of stuff out because of bottom dysphoria.