Thread by @FtMdetransed

"I didn’t want to be seen as a woman–as a lesbian–and I didn’t want to ask why."
Great essay by detransitioned Max Robson, 22 y/o. Her story, queer culture, and the political implications.
#detransition #ftm #transideology
4thwavenow.com/2016/04/27/shr…

"I didn’t know anything. It was just so comforting to think that I was born wrong. If my body was the problem, it could be solved. Transition had clearly defined steps. Everybody chose from a set list, and when it was over, they were properly assembled."

"It took years of testosterone for me to finally realize it was okay to live in my own body without it, that making this peace with myself was possible, and that I deserved that chance.
I didn’t know it was okay to be a dysphoric lesbian, that I could survive this way."

"I thought “woman” was wrong for me, because of how I dressed, how I related to my body, how I resented the expectations society had for me as a woman. I didn’t realize that my horror at my body could be caused by the horror of living in a world that wants to control all women."

"The experience of being male is fundamentally different from the experience of being female - even if a man passes, even if a man has surgery to more closely resemble his idea of a woman. I don’t say this out of a hatred for TW. I say this out of love and respect for women."