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  1. rotasha on Chapter 1 Fri 03 Dec 2021 06:30AM UTC

    Emma Frost in diamond form, deflecting bullets, over a gradient pink and orange background

    Yeah lmao same about the friends......

    And oh god yeah explaining nonbinary to strangers?? No thanks just assume I'm a woman I'll take the hit. (Hell, explaining nonbinary to my *parents* is something I don't ever even intend to try so strangers? No)

    Also "I had no idea I had so emotions about this" is how every single one of my fics starts RIP

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    1. keyne on Chapter 1 Tue 07 Oct 2025 02:42AM UTC

      Van Gogh's painting "Irises"

      When my eldest came out as our daughter, her elderly grandparents rolled with it and adjusted pretty quickly to “she.” But when we acquired a nonbinary bonus kid they had a tough time, never having fully grasped the use of “they” for a known person.

      This book, which we gave them for Christmas that year, helped a lot:

      https://www.amazon.com/How-They-Them-Nonbinary-Pronouns/dp/1632173131

      (Non-Amazon link: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/626188/how-to-theythem-by-stuart-getty-illustrated-by-brooke-thyng/ )

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      1. rotasha on Chapter 1 Tue 07 Oct 2025 12:22PM UTC

        Emma Frost in diamond form, deflecting bullets, over a gradient pink and orange background

        Actually, great news, since posting this story, my family has made great progress toward figuring out nonbinary identities!

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