Being Transgender Isn’t Political
Simply existing as a trans person in a hostile society is not a revolutionary act.
I used to think it was. When my transition was just getting started, I immersed myself in the trans activist community. We told each other that merely by living, we were challenging the standards of a sexist world. Supposedly, men were one way and women another (and never the twain shall meet). But we were the bubblegum in…