July 11th has been my one year anniversary as coming out as transgender. A year ago I was already de
July 11th has been my one year anniversary as coming out as transgender. A year ago I was already dealing with personal unhappiness and struggling as to why I felt “off” all of my life. Then I come across some articles and videos that talk about being transgender. I’ve heard the term before and only knew of like one person who was trans before all this, but seeing this word this time around was… different. And it stuck with me. So much so that I stopped what I was doing and kept looking up trans stories, forums, videos, experiences of trans people and the more I learned from them, something immediately clicked and I was all “Oh shit.” After hours of personal soul searching I came to the conclusion and accepted myself as being transgender and then my journey truly began. It has not been easy of course. I know what I’m getting myself into transitioning and I have to jump through so many intense hurdles just to be myself: ignorance, lack of healthcare and jobs, respect, male privilege, high chance of violence just going out, being harassed as a woman, losing friends (I have lost some, but all I can say is good fucking riddance! I know where my support really is!) I’m walking on a tightrope doing this, but I have no choice. It’s either this or be dead. And I’m glad I made the right choice! <3 - Trini [Description: Upper shot of a girl with glasses, wavy hair tied, wearing an adorable fox top, and smiling.] -- source link