Stop It, Just Stop It, Please Stop It
Sure, I’m afraid of what a new Trump administration holds for our Transgender community. But you know what? I have survived a lifetime of being Trans and hiding my secret until I couldn’t any longer. I came out to the whole world on social media in 2016 when everything about me was masculine. I had no idea what being openly Transgender meant or how to go about it.
There have been so many obstacles in my transition, through hormones, quitting smoking, surgeries, severe depression, hospitalizations, and almost dying. Yes, almost dying when I suffered from metabolic acidosis post gender affirmation surgery and slipped into a coma that lasted 5 days. If it weren’t for my friend who was with me post op, I would have died.
These events occurred after coming out. Consider 56 years in the closet prior to giving notice to the world that I would no longer be a prisoner in that closet of my own making.
Currently after the recent election cycle of 2024, we are confronted with doom and gloom and daily hypotheticals related to our demise and erasure as a marginalized community.
Listen up, we have survived our own stories and will continue to do so. We are strong and resilient from our own experiences. It has been individuals, and the LGBTQIA community that arose from an infinite number of closets into new lives as…
