Trans Megathread from February 3rd, 2024 to February 9th, 2024

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I wish I had a mentor. Could be in anything, but a gender mentor would be cool though…
- I've been mentor-less my entire life, except perhaps when I had a preceptor in nursing school. She was cool and knowledgeable, I still chat with her, she has a baby now.
  I don't know how I'd feel about a mentor even if one were to be made available to me. I despise being told what to do in general lol.
  
  I like the idea of someone having a lot of experience with something and teaching me their knowledge. I don’t like being told what to do either but I don’t think that’s really necessary for having a mentor. There’s just some topics where I feel completely lost (especially in politics, but also with gender) where I would love to have someone I look up to, to teach me how to approach certain things and how to be more sure of the decisions I make.
  Although maybe my idea of a mentor is too romanticised through tv-shows like avatar lol.

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