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hi! it's #TransAwarenessWeek! if you weren't aware, i'm trans! my voice is quiet right now as i navigate the oppressive transphobia swallowing the UK. my mental health has struggled lately. it's a difficult week that culminates in a day to remember all trans folk lost to hate. 1/
i have been transitioning for over half my life, i still say transitioning because i'm still finding out new things and i'm not sure if i'll ever be "done". i am someone who was hospitalized and never wanted to return to the world, yet somehow, a decade later, i'm still in it. 2/
(i don't want to make this all about me, but, well, me is what i have the most experience with) selfish people tried to force me in to a mold, wanted me to be what they wanted, not what i wanted. when they couldn't do that, it was a quick pivot to hate and discard me instead. 3/
this isn't a unique tale, this is trans life in the world right now. i am fortunate to somehow still be standing. many many others are not. i cry for my trans/gnc siblings it feels like every night lately. i don't know how to write this simpler. we just want to live our lives. 4/
we just want to live our lives in peace. we have no desire to be in anyone's way. equality and respect is all we want. it's what we deserve, as does anyone else. really shouldn't be more complicated than that. this isn't going away, the world can't bury us anymore. let us be. 5/
it's a difficult week. a week of heightened awareness of all our struggles, pain, injustices. a day of remembrance for all we have lost. there's no holiday here, we live this 24/7, and it is so so damn draining. please just let us be. just let us live our lives. time is short. 6/
much love to all trans/nb/gnc siblings out there, always but especially this week. my voice may be quiet/weak right now but i'm always here with you all. i'm tired. but give me a bit. i'll be standing tall again. you will too. you are brave. you are strong. you are loved.
