I really really REALLY wish I could just be myself, but with the direction that this country is heading in, I can't. People do care what I do, so much that they want to strip away all of my community's rights. I have to spend months to years immersing in a new school and turning the other cheek to be accepted, but it's rough dude. It used to be that the majority of people in the country didn't have a problem with trans people, and that no matter what the public opinion had on me I still had the freedom of my own self expression and medical care. Now there are bills saying I will never get to do that, and the amount of transphobia in this country makes me fear for my life. People are violent now. They think we're all pedophiles or brainwashed.
Personal input ahead:
December of 2022 I had a wonderful school that I worked so hard to fit into, with loads of friends that loved me. Everyone just thought of me as another one of the guys. Enemies turned friends over the years and so much respect, and I still thank God for sending me down that path. My mother, along with most other family members supported me in every way and I felt happy for the first time in years. My father wasn't on the same page but was slowly coming around.
January of 2023 I was visiting a new school where I was promised unconditional support for queer youth, right up until I actually got there. My parents made an inside job with the principal to forced me to present as female, and I had to watch all the other openly queer kids be themselves while I stood in a corner in humiliation. The teachers and kids, not knowing what had happened, thought I was just scared to come out and assured me it was okay. It wasn't. An hour later I'm in a car being screamed at by both of my parents telling me I'm demented and sick in the head. My mom has forced me to detransition. All of my family who still support me are forced to act like I was never trans to begin with. This has been the single worst year of my life, and now with all the new bills, I won't even be me after I've left home. I feel sick, all the time. So yes, I'm scared, and I think it's reasonable to be when trans people are now compared to Nazis.
You don't think anyone cares because you haven't gone through the same experiences trans people have. I understand you're trying to help, but we are in danger and it's going to get much worse before it gets better.
One more thing: the image I put is the stages of genocide. We're at 6