Reflections on participating in #AffirmationGeneration as a #DeTransitioner 🧵@LindnerVera @2022affirmation #Detrans
This documentary is dear to my heart for several reasons, and not only because I am featured as 1 of 6 public de-transitioners speaking out about medical harm. This film features beautiful and amazing men and women vulnerably sharing their darkest life experiences, leading… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In full disclosure, this film is hard for me to watch. It features self-portraits taken during some of my most confused and suicidal times before and after the medical process of testosterone and having a double mastectomy, when I was only 20 years old. Although I speak often on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Early on in my de-transition, when I was 22, a kind friend asked me a rhetorical question when I was deliberating on if I should try to be public about my de-transition, as I was seeing a few others doing. She said, “would you rather be known for your art, or your trauma? Because… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Gratefully, this documentary allows my ambition be realized, as the producers appreciated both my personal trauma narrative, AND my artistic creations. What I am most proud of in this film, besides that all my friends and mentors were able to come together to blow the whistle on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In a brilliant move, the producers paired this ode to the overstimulated with clips of young people online seeking meaning through abstract gender identity exploration and labels. Perhaps my favorite part is when I say “that’s supposed to be a symptom of autism” as the song… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
My wounded younger self would be proud so know that someone cares not only for her story, but also her idiosyncratic and dry-witted copings with the trauma and grief. Not only will my inner child’s cries be seen and heard by thousands, but also her quirky silliness and bemused… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Yet… I do have friends, mentors, allies, supporters, and self-acceptance. I do have purpose, paths, joy, spirituality, and meaning. My goal with Affirmation Generation is to promote all of these, along with their shadows, to as many open-minds as possible, for me, my inner… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Please watch this, and share with all open-hearted people in your life. You can also directly support my voice and work by sharing my music, and art, and shopping for funky goods in my new Etsy shop, including my De-trans Awareness collection. etsy.com/shop/Funkgod
Watch the film here and learn more: affirmationgenerationmovie.com
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