Upon reflecting throughout my transition I have come to the conclusion that if society were not homophobic I would not be transgender.

From a young age it was (sometimes literally) beat into me that my mannerisms, behaviors, tastes and attraction to boys were “for girls”. /1

It was undoubtedly within this framework that my “gender identity” formed. I never prayed to be straight because it would have fundamentally changed me as a person, so I prayed to be a girl, because then there would no longer be anything “wrong with me”. /2

That new identity took hold and transition became unavoidable to aleviate the trauma of being male that I LEARNED, but was not born with.

This is why we need gatekeeping. We need better resources to help our children love themselves as they are. /3

It is inevitable until society does a lot of self-reflecting and growing that some of us will never grow out of this trauma, and transition will become the only solution, but we must do all we can to protect children from feeling medical intervention is their only recourse. /4

These are important conversations and research we need to keep having, that TRAs prevent from taking place because they believe understanding transgenderism is transphobic.

For our sakes these conversations MUST continue. For women, for children, and for trans people. /5