Don't assume my gender

I went to Florida State University, right? We have this area on campus called the, "safe zone," or some shit like that. Its basically a place where people can showcase their freedom of speech. Ironically, Winston got in trouble for practicing his freedom of speech there. He wasn't protected because our school is probably 90% liberal. People can trash Israel, talk about why abortion is benefiting our population issue, bust open Trump pinatas, rage against males and patriarchy, but if you make any sexual jokes, especially towards woman (assuming you are a straight male), then you are fucked.

I digress. Very frequently campus pastor set up camp on our freedom of speech grounds to spread their gospel. What ends up happening, and I'm sure many of you have experienced this, is a bunch of people either troll the preacher or genuinely try to argue with him. Sometimes I had time to spare and I would take a seat and watch the groups interact for my amusement.

One afternoon, I decided to sit in on some discussion about the validity of the bible.

*"Bro...you are like..totally missing the point. You like, say that God chose men to write this thing, but like...your only verifi-verificisation is the bible. Umm...bro...some dude could just like... totally write that. Here man...let me write some shit on this paper and say God chose me to do it." *

"No! I'm going to stop you there. Ah. Nope. Stop. Hold on. Let me talk. I never said that my only evidence for this book being His word-"

Incomes 20 something, for the most part overweight, fedora wearing, boys and girls. The leader, seemingly a hybrid of tortoise and vomit loudly clears her, sorry its, throat. She, fuck, I mean it cleared its throat loudly almost 7 times to get everyone's attention.

She yelled, "I am not a he. I am not a she. I am an it. We are a they!"

The group begins to circulate around the crowd with their transgender signs, chanting, "they, they they..." The crowd joins in, and I'm just like...wtf is going on? After a minute, Blastoise regains the crowd's attention.

"Does God hate me for His mistake? I did not choose to feel this way. I was..." it paused for a second to catch some air, "BORN LIKE THIS!!!"

The group begins to circulate around the crowd once more while the crowd chants, "they, they, they..."

"First off, God doesn't make mistakes. Second of all, and look, I don't like talking about this subject because I know you are just trying to get a reaction from me and the crowd - no God doesn't hate you. Honey, I'm here to spread the gospel, and I understand you are going through some hard times, but it never ends up right when I go down this route."

"So if God doesn't hate me, then why am I being told that it is a sin to act in the gender spectrum that I feel like I belong?"
People from the crows chime in random shit like:
* "you are who you are," "don't worry about them, they're just IGNORANT," "Like...Bernie loves you."*

I'll say one more thing on the matter but then I'm moving on. I don't want this distracting from why I am here. He steps up on this 1.5 ft rock that is in the center of the grounds, points his finger in the air, and yells, "God made a man and a woman."

**The crowd goes nuts. The transgenders begin circulating the crowd with their signs, and everyone proceeds with the "they" chanting. Some guy looks at me like I'm a douche because I'm not chanting along. I hear other people cursing at the preacher. It is a circus. **

After a minute or so passes

"Fine! I give in. I understand where you all are coming from."
The crowd shuts up on a dime to hear what he has to say. He paces around the rock, looking up in the sky.
"I've felt like this since I was a boy, and I always denied it because my outside didn't match my inside. But you've opened my eyes."
He takes his eyes from the sky and smirks at the crowd while rolling up his sleeves. He gets on both knees and proceeds to walk like a dog.
"I'm a dog! Whoof Whoof. I know people don't see it on the outside, but on the inside I feel like a dog. And since I feel like one, I am one!
He continues to walk on his knees. Amused with himself, he chuckles and smiles at Bowser. He stands back up with his arms crossed waiting for a response. It was as if the transgenders actually saw a valid point from his demonstration. They were all silent. Others from the crowd shouted things like, "its not the same" or "wow...so ignorant."

"see, this is the problem with you people. You come looking for a fight, and then you act like babies when someone tries to argue back."

Muk steps in..I mean literally I could smell IT from 10 feet away, "we...are...NOT BABIES!"

I felt like that was enough entertainment. I needed to step away and enter normalcy for a bit. So I get off of the bench and walk towards the parking garage. As I'm walking away I hear the "they" chant followed by a Bernie 2016 chant.