Thank you for this. It really made me think about what sort of damage any identity shaming can do. It’s easy to look down on and imagine that cis white straight males have never taken the time to examine their gender identity, that they don’t even think about their privilege, that they are ignorant and angry and not just defensive and afraid. It’s important to empathize even with people we feel we have nothing in common with, because we can never know the multitudes they contain.