“Every single day a trans person is harassed, deadnamed, denied healthcare, or killed. However, on all of those same days, a trans person comes out and/or begins their individualized process of transition. So for every one of us that they try to erase, there is at least one other that becomes. This is to say that we are not going anywhere. We are here… forever.” ❤️😭
This was a beautiful and insightful read and I thank you for sharing it! I found what you said about how most of us experiment at some time interesting… especially as you said “I dreamed a dream.” That’s a song from my favourite musical Les Miserables - and when I was young I dressed up as the little boy from the show ALL the time. The show had two little girls - but I always wanted to be the little boy!
I’m cisgender - but that experience stuck with me. I also had to have a hysterectomy at 24 so have lost my womb (and with it my ability to bear children)… and it was strange thinking about how that changed things for me and my femininity.
You’ve given me so much to think about - thank you!
“Every single day a trans person is harassed, deadnamed, denied healthcare, or killed. However, on all of those same days, a trans person comes out and/or begins their individualized process of transition. So for every one of us that they try to erase, there is at least one other that becomes. This is to say that we are not going anywhere. We are here… forever.” ❤️😭
This was a beautiful and insightful read and I thank you for sharing it! I found what you said about how most of us experiment at some time interesting… especially as you said “I dreamed a dream.” That’s a song from my favourite musical Les Miserables - and when I was young I dressed up as the little boy from the show ALL the time. The show had two little girls - but I always wanted to be the little boy!
I’m cisgender - but that experience stuck with me. I also had to have a hysterectomy at 24 so have lost my womb (and with it my ability to bear children)… and it was strange thinking about how that changed things for me and my femininity.
You’ve given me so much to think about - thank you!
Love this article so much Elle! Learning the history is so powerful! 💗
Thank you, Rose!
great writing; important subject. thank you <3