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Hey y’all since I’m reaching the first and final surgical step in my transition (and it’s the end of pride month+ almost my birthday) I wanna talk a little bit about how being trans has become more precious to me as I’ve gotten older ! Lil Thread
I’ve lived most of my life in a small town in kentucky and while its not the most racist part of the state for sure, boys here are definitely taught some harmful things from an early age about how to treat women and minorities.
I spent my life from birth to the age of 15 as a girl. I didn’t start my medical transition until I was 18, but I soft launched my gender update at about 16. I say soft launch bc everyone besides my close friends completely ignored it and kept using my dead name lol
I had an awkward childhood for sure, in middle/high school I was the girl that the popular guys would dare each other to ask out as a joke, and I was bullied for having a mustache in 7th grade (funny now ain’t it)
So while I wasn’t enjoying my life as a girl for a million different reasons, I really got to see what life is like for women, young girls especially. It’s not fun. But if I hadn’t grown up that way, if I was born a cis male, I wouldn’t have that perspective
If I’d been born a cis male I’d have definitely ended up shitty and privileged and spoiled and all the other things southern white men can be. While it hurt to live in a body that wasn’t truly mine, I’m grateful I had that experience—
And I was able to come out of it as an empathetic and compassionate person. I think it’s important for trans people to count their lives pre transition as a learning experience, and that we’re so unique because we’ve been able to view the world in a way that—
Cis people will never be able to. Celebrate your past, allow yourself to see it as an advantage rather than a disadvantage !
Thanks for listening guys I hope this thread helped you let go of at least a little bit of the pain in your past, being trans is truly a gift and I hope y’all can make the most of your gift
