Out of curiosity…was anyone here transphobic before realizing you were trans?

I’m ashamed to say I was. I hung out with a group of people who were all pretty transphobic and homophobic….I never actually antagonized anyone but I did the whole watching Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro and going yeah these guys are right no one should be forcing me to speak a certain way to them “these people are weird” and all of that bullshit.

The only problem was I at the same time was very interested in trans people even though I had unhealthy views. It was actually joining Reddit and going into trans related subs that helped me realize that I was being a colossal asshole and no..I didn’t see anything weird. Just people sharing happy moments, proud moments, sad moments, and people just supporting each other online and it completely changed my view. I spent years talking shit about and disrespecting innocent people and it made me feel like shit. I just wanted to get that off my chest I guess.