I take a lot of pictures of myself because I’m trying to control the narrative of my existence. I got erased by everyone I ever knew, and told, by my mom, that I’d never be a pretty girl.

When you see my pics, you’re seeing evidence that I still exist and that they were wrong🧵 The church I grew up in made a formal declaration by the elders in the assembly that I was to be formally shunned by all members. My dad resigned from being an elder, because my coming out disgraced him.

My dad told me I was an abomination.

Today the US House is holding a hearing on the “Dangers of Due Process Violatipms of Gender Affirming Care” with the intention of banning trans care nationwide. Erin Reed is working at the Capitol today, so I’ll be covering live starting now. Representative Hunt (R) from Texas shows “his daughters food pyramid” and claims his children would have ice cream for “breakfast lunch and dinner and every meal in between” and that children can’t make adult decisions

it’s been 5 years since I’ve seen any of my family for thanksgiving. I tried to maintain contact with them all but they all ghosted me or outright told me to never come back unless I “wanted to talk about the Bible”

When do I get used to this? 🧵 They believe that my existence is an affront to God and that it is their duty as Christians to completely shun me until I de-transition. They hope I go homeless and pick up addictions, maybe even terminal diseases- so that I’ll have to detransition for their help to survive 2/6