Will never understand people who think transgender people who don’t want to fully transition (meaning surgery, hormones, legal name changes, the whole shabang) are not “real” transgender people.
I don’t want to fully transition simply because I AM comfortable in my own body. That may be because I have a looser definition of what gender is, but I’m as real as any other transgender person out there. I’m happy just being me, my gender is ME and I don’t have to conform to a persons perception of what being transgender is to be “real”. But there’s also people who don’t have the money of time to transition and trying to suggest that they are not transgender is insane to me.
I also find it strange that people associate being transgender with being uncomfortable, miserable or torturous. I think a lot of people get caught up in trying to adjust to society’s perception of their gender, to the point that they can’t leave the house because their worried people will “see through” them in a way. To that I say, stop giving a shit about how people perceive you!!! The minute you stop worrying about it, you’ll start to feel more confident in yourself!!! You don’t have to bend and break yourself for the eyes of strangers on the street who you will see once in your life, or for anyone actually.
One last thing I will say is that I think being transgender requires patience and empathy in some forms. Give patience and empathy to the people you love and most will begin to understand who you are, being transgender is process not a destination (in the same way art is! You are art!).
That’s my pride rant, okay bye, love urself and remember that gender, sexuality and language are all very subjective and you can label urself as whatever you want✌️