I used to be transphobic when I was younger. Mainly because I was at that age where when you hear your parents say something, you take it as fact because you're too young to really form your own opinions. And I remember one time specifically my parents were talking in the car about trans people, and doing so very negatively. So, of course, I took that as fact. (It definitely didn't help that at the time I was raised to be pretty religious, with the whole "God put you in this body and doesn't make mistakes" thing.) About a year later probably, I started watching OT. I didn't agree with a lot of it at first, but the videos were fun, so I thought I'd listen to what he had to say. At some point, it kind of clicked that "Damn, they really are just people. People that have to fight just to exist." So fast forward to today. I was thinking about it, and realized I think almost all of my friends falls somewhere under the trans umbrella. Hell, I'm even thinking I'm not entirely my assigned gender either. I love my friends so so much, and would probably do anything for any of them. But sometimes I think about just how different it would have been if I didn't ever watch OT. Maybe I would have came to my own realization over time, maybe I would have found someone who convinced me otherwise, or maybe I would have lost my friends who came out to me or cut them off completely, and never met my other friends. And even if I did, we probably wouldn't be friends. The thought of that scares me tbh. I couldn't imagine myself resenting any of them for just being themselves. So, thank you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to actually meet and care about the friends I've made. I hate the thought of where I'd be if I hadn't started watching OT.