The awareness part of #TransAwarenessWeek can't be understated. If I'd gotten to see any serious discussions or representation growing up, I know it wouldn't have taken over 30 years to realize who I was.
People need to see they're not alone, and that their feelings are real.
People need to see they're not alone, and that their feelings are real.
As I've said before, in the UK as a kid, culture had only *just* started to begrudgingly accept bisexuals were real. I didn't *know* about the actual scope of sexuality and gender.
So I just went with boy, even thought it never quite felt right.
So I just went with boy, even thought it never quite felt right.
Oof, that has an impact on you, when you're conditioned to think you're one way, and you keep trying to be that way and can't. You feel broken. And the people in your life who also don't have that awareness, they think you're broken too.
And I struggle with that now. Decades of very restrictive and invalidating thoughts take a long time to uproot. I still worry about validity and whether or not I'm "allowed."
But I am non-binary, and transitioning, and pretty fucking happy about it.
But I am non-binary, and transitioning, and pretty fucking happy about it.
So yeah, awareness is crucial, and something I'm very personally invested in. And if you're trans, whether out, in, still working things out, there are lots of people just like you, and I hope you find the you that feels right.
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