meekoMay 26
Natasha ðŸ‡ªðŸ‡ºðŸ‡®ðŸ‡ª

This is so true, so nearly universal.

#Transjoy

May 26 at 11:41amWeb
Show threadErik the short (vi)kingMay 26

@Natasha_Jay I'd like to gently push back on the notion that it's almost universal for transition to cost a lot of opportunity, safety or simplicity.

I don't doubt that it can!

But I found that my expectations about opportunity, safety and simplicity had already been limited to such a severe extent by me being disabled and an immigrant that transition didn't appreciably worsen any of those for me.

And I'm white - opportunity, safety and simplicity are even more limited for Black & brown folks

Show threadTzimisce FleshMay 26
@Natasha_Jay Pretty sure my eyes are just like that.
Show threadJ. R. DePriest    :EA DATA. SF:May 29

@Natasha_Jay

This is how it was for me.

My wife was with me before, during, and is still with me almost 15 years after.

She's so thankful to be with the version of me that can laugh or smile with my whole face.

Show threadNatasha ðŸ‡ªðŸ‡ºðŸ‡®ðŸ‡ªMay 29
@jrdepriest
Whole body laughter is a greatly underappreciated effect of transition that keeps on giving for me
Show threadJ. R. DePriest    :EA DATA. SF:May 29

@Natasha_Jay

Whole new vistas of emotions become available.

You don't even realize something is pulling all of your feelings off-center until that thing slips away.

I'm having another resurgence recently after finally finding an effective treatment for my lifelong depression.

Show threadNatasha ðŸ‡ªðŸ‡ºðŸ‡®ðŸ‡ªMay 29

@jrdepriest
A mixture of the hrt rewiring the brain, and being real letting one unpick the trauma of prior existence in a shell in a cishet orientated world maybe. And perhaps more too ...

I think about these things a lot

I'm happy you're still finding more, and are where you are.