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Rain:960: In Front

Synopsis

Gavin explains to Drew how to be an ally.

Author Notes

Enough is said on the page, so I'll keep things simple down here. Agree or disagree? Do you think this will sink in with Drew? And do you think there's still a chance it could work between him and Ky?

Transcript

I think it's over between me and Ky, but... I don't know.
If by some chance the next person I fall for ends up being genderfluid too or something, I wanna be better prepared. How do I do this?
I don't know.
Take it from the guy who overthinks everything.
You’re overthinking everything.
My friends all joke about how it's almost all queer or gender non-conforming people and then me: the token straight guy. But honestly, I don't see it that way anymore.
I'm not hanging out with all these gay people because they're gay people. I'm hanging out with them 'cause I like them.
Because I think they're cool people.
They're... people.
Sure, I'm never gonna fully get what it's like to be gay or feel like I'm some other gender. But I don't have to understand every minute detail to respectfully say the pronouns they request.
And if I say some dumbass thing I didn't realize was bad, and they tell me it's offensive...
...I just stop saying it.
Ky was never asking you to change your worldview.
They just wanted you to listen and see what was in front of you.

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