Maybe I didn’t spell it out good enough.. I was born a female, I lived 17 years as one and a good portion of that life I identified as a lesbian because I only wanted to date women, I only had major crushes on women, and my first crushes were girls and not boys. I understand as a trans man I cannot identify as a lesbian anymore but that doesn’t mean that I can’t still relate to them, just because I got on hormones doesn’t mean I as a person changed. It also doesn’t mean that figuring out my sexuality post testosterone wasn’t hard. I had to give up a part of my identity that I was so proud of because I realized that Being trans and wanting to get on hormones was more important. Even now I am only attracted to queer/gay women because I can relate to them more than a straight women. I understand what it’s like to grow up as a woman, especially a queer one who did get discriminated against because I was so proud of being a lesbian and loving women. In conclusion just because I can’t identify as a lesbian anymore doesn’t mean that part of my life is erased or shouldn’t be talked about. It was such an important time in my life and I still relate to that life I lived.
