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When I was in the sixth grade, I cut my hair to a pixie cut.
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Really short, almost like a boy.
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You know, and I thought it was cool, and I loved it,
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and I was really excited about it.
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And I went to school, and a lot of - like so - you know,
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some people were really positive about it.
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But there was a lot of people that were really mean
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and they'd say things like you look like a boy.
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We can't tell the difference.
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You better put on a skirt tomorrow,
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otherwise you - we might - we won't know if, like who you are
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and if you're a boy or a girl or not.
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It made me really sad.
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It didn't feel very good.
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And on top of it, I was - I had an older brother.
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And I played a lot of sports because of that and because
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of him.
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And so everybody just - they were like now you're
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really turning into a boy.
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One step closer.
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And it wasn't until my brother actually stood up for me
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and told them that it's - the hair is just a thing that
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will grow back, and that it doesn't change the person,
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and sort of talked to the few people that were being mean,
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and weren't embracing the choice that I made,
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that everyone sorta left me alone.
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But he was bigger.
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I mean, my brother is five years older than me.
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And he was - he was - he was like my support
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system at that time.
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And he stood up for me and made sure that I didn't feel alone.
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It really made the biggest difference for me.