TW: transphobia
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] " [name_f]May[/name_f] " [name_f]Vittoria[/name_f] Palaggio (17) is Nina’s sister and a member of the trans community, who fully socially transitioned 9 months ago: a big step that took some time to get to. While her family have known for 3 years, [name_f]May[/name_f] was much more fearful about being openly trans at school, having seen how some of her classmates rely on homophobic jokes - and of course, transphobic humour has become more popular as people have started being more open about gender, which has been combatted mostly by the schools Queer Alliance, a group she belongs to.
[name_f]May[/name_f] knows certain members of her family - namely the upper end of her parents generation, as well as her grandparents - don’t fully understand her gender transition, but she’s patient with them, as they’re open to learning and haven’t objected to calling her by her chosen name.
While she’s ultimately happy to be living as who she’s always known herself to be, [name_f]May[/name_f] did lose one good friend when she came out. He refused to even consider accepting that the person he’d grown up with - sharing a love of wrestling and toy cars - was transitioning to become a woman, and made it out that [name_f]May[/name_f] just wanted to stand out, as she compared herself to her older brothers a lot as a child. Now [name_f]May[/name_f] knows this is because she was experiencing gender dysphoria, but the fact someone she’s known for so long responded with so much ignorance hurt, and she was thinking about switching high schools, but the support of her circle of friends stopped this, as they’ve been nothing other than supportive and defensive of her.
She chose the name [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] for her great-great grandmother. And she hasn’t lost her interest in wrestling or cars - specifically mechanics. [name_f]May[/name_f] wants to major in engineering at college and is working hard at her studies to make this possible. Nina’s romance is something [name_f]May[/name_f] also finds absolutely precious, and in thanks for how her little sister’s been one of her biggest supporters, she’s been enquiring with the debate team at her school to help [name_f]Nina[/name_f] further prepare, should she want to get involved once she’s a high schooler.