If any #trans or #enby folxs out there had stories to share about your egg cracking ,(figuring out your gender) especially if it was a long or drawn out process id love to hear them.
(Had a day if going back and forth about whether or not im deluding myself in even trying. The versions of yall in my head were very good at dissuading me of that notion with kindness)
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I was in increasingly-desperate denial for way too many years because I was afraid, afraid of transitioning and telling everyone and...
I read Mae Dean's famous coming-out comics, and knew that my feelings were gender dysphoria... and continued deflecting it for a year and a half more. Told myself that I wasn't trans, I was just a feminine boy.
Eventually I read a tweet thread about less-obvious forms of gender dysphoria and one of them resonated strongly. I was still not ready to accept it, but after several days of low-grade panic I finally actually talked to some trans people about their experiences and that made it so much less scary.
Heck, I still felt like maybe transitioning was all a huge mistake even after I'd been on hormones for like three months. Now (one year and a bit on HRT) I can't imagine ever wanting to be otherwise, I am so much happier and healthier.
It's completely normal to feel uncertain about transitioning even if you are trans. It's a big change in your life.
Estel
QuietBrooke 🏳️⚧️