Congratulations on the personal growth and understanding you have achieved for yourself, and the happiness that comes with it.
Thank you also for clarifying the reasons the world *must* learn to be more tolerant of the perfectly normal differences between humans. Sometimes, it just takes time to really understand who we are.
Soooooo relateable - thanks for sharing! I've thought of myself as T...G...B...L...A in that order (1985... 1990... 1993... 1998... 2022). People do get hurt, and I hope I've made amends, but I've only lost the one toxic friend.
The most important identity, perhaps, that I'm only now allowing myself to say aloud is "trans mother." I wish I could articulate how powerful my feelings are for my children, now, so the transphobes could see how hurtful it is to call us "biological males" and stop projecting their vile fantasies about our reasons for transition.
Thanks for reading Kay 🙂 It’s good to know we’re not alone in these experiences. You sound like an amazing mum, and there’s nothing the transphobes can say or do to change that. Those people are just misogynists and bigots, I wouldn’t try appealing to their humanity as they don’t really seem to have much. I think we prove them wrong just by existing, being good being and being happy. And it sounds like you’re doing a good job of that!
Thanks for your kind words. I'm still digesting today's news but this helps to hear. My kids became protective because they spotted the story and while it shouldn't be this way round it gives me a little hope for the future. I hope you have people looking out for you now.
Congratulations on the personal growth and understanding you have achieved for yourself, and the happiness that comes with it.
Thank you also for clarifying the reasons the world *must* learn to be more tolerant of the perfectly normal differences between humans. Sometimes, it just takes time to really understand who we are.
Thanks Ray, I really appreciate that 🙂
Soooooo relateable - thanks for sharing! I've thought of myself as T...G...B...L...A in that order (1985... 1990... 1993... 1998... 2022). People do get hurt, and I hope I've made amends, but I've only lost the one toxic friend.
The most important identity, perhaps, that I'm only now allowing myself to say aloud is "trans mother." I wish I could articulate how powerful my feelings are for my children, now, so the transphobes could see how hurtful it is to call us "biological males" and stop projecting their vile fantasies about our reasons for transition.
Thanks for reading Kay 🙂 It’s good to know we’re not alone in these experiences. You sound like an amazing mum, and there’s nothing the transphobes can say or do to change that. Those people are just misogynists and bigots, I wouldn’t try appealing to their humanity as they don’t really seem to have much. I think we prove them wrong just by existing, being good being and being happy. And it sounds like you’re doing a good job of that!
*being good people and being happy
I'm alright with being a good being ; )
Thanks for your kind words. I'm still digesting today's news but this helps to hear. My kids became protective because they spotted the story and while it shouldn't be this way round it gives me a little hope for the future. I hope you have people looking out for you now.