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There is not one way to be trans, everyone is a unique individual.

Every person—transgender, cisgender, anything in between!—can choose which words they use to describe themselves, and can try out different words at any time they like. No words feel like they perfectly encapsulate who I am—so I just choose the next best fit : ), the ones that make me feel warm.

Just like how relationships evolve over time as the individuals learn more about themselves and grow, your relationship with your gender can evolve and change over time. This does not mean you are or were ever “faking it.”

When I first came out to myself and then publicly, every action felt prominent and a little strange. As the years go by, I feel more and more settled in myself. This is normal! Rigid binary gender expectations are placed on us before we are even born! So of course things feel clunky at first, when we start to live in a brilliantly new way. It’s a transition, not an instant switch. It’s like learning a new language, it challenges us to think and move through the world in a new way.

Gender affirming care is for everyone—cisgender people get plastic surgery, hormone replacement therapy, have preferred pronouns, wear certain clothing, all to affirm their gender identity! We all deserve to make choices that makes us feel a little more at home and happy in our skin.

Pronouns do not equal gender. That means it’s customizable. You can be a man using she or they or it pronouns. You can be nonbinary and use he. You can be a woman and use neopronouns. Etc. You can use the pronouns given to you, or new ones. Anyone can use anything, it’s how you personally want to be referred to, after all! It’s helpful for cisgender people to introduce themselves AND their pronouns too. Let’s tell each other how we want to be referred to, rather than letting people assume who we are and what we want.

Trans people make mistakes, hurt others, are capable of hatred, just like anyone is. That does not mean “trans people are bad.” That generalizing logic is unhelpful and ignores the fact that every single person is capable of great kindness and great harm. I often see people misgendering trans people after its revealed they did something harmful. Please don’t do that! Respecting pronouns and gender matters, always.

Trans people just want to pee. When there is no gender neutral bathroom, I choose to use the bathroom for my assigned gender at birth, and i still am often afraid someone will confront me. There is a rhetoric trans people use the bathroom to abuse people. Unfortunately, people who want to abuse others in bathrooms will do so anyway, and will lie or use excuses. Unfortunately, people who abuse others are not always men hurting women. Unfortunately, I have personally been hurt by women and men. Everyone is capable of great kindness and great harm. It is people’s abusive actions we need to rally against, not their identifying characteristics. We need to rally against systemic abuse, like misogyny and patriarchy, too.

Trans people deserve to grow up with education, love, and acceptance for who they are.

Intersex people deserve to grow up in their bodies with education, love and acceptance for who they are. Surgical procedures should not be done on intersex infants for the sake of corralling them into a box. If a persons intersex genitals cause them no life threatening harm, there is no kind reason to change them.

All people have autonomy and the right to surgeries and procedures that will affirm their life. If a person says they need gender affirming care, there is no kind reason to deny them that choice. Again, gender affirming care is for everyone.

Trans children exist and need our love and support. Hormone blockers are a great option for children/teens, that simply delay puberty so the child has time to learn and decide what works for them. Each person is unique and there is nuance in what different people will and will not need and at what time in their life.

A lot of trans people experience gender dysphoria, and you do not need dysphoria to “qualify” as trans. What makes you happy and feel good (gender euphoria) counts, too!

Colors, clothes, hobbies, personality traits do not have inherent genders. The rules we’ve made are flexible. I want boys to grow up being told they are beautiful, that their vulnerable emotions belong, that they can like pink and princesses and magic. I want girls to grow up being told they are strong, that their opinions matter and belong, that they can like dirt and cars and superheroes.

If any part of what I said irked you, upset you, tugged like a sweater caught in a branch, I invite you to explore that feeling. Ask yourself “where did I learn my current beliefs?”

“Is there something new here I can learn?”

“What am I afraid would happen if I accepted a new idea about trans people and gender?”

There are a million more things I could write, but I will end here:

I put no god above the people before me. I humble myself to understand what I do not yet know. When I face an uncertain choice, may I always choose love, love, love.

The love to accept trans people without asking them to change and conform.

The love to believe trans people know themselves best.

The love to encourage trans people to do what makes them happy, fulfills their soul.

The love to learn from trans people about gender, personhood, identity, what it means to be human.

To the trans people in my life, thank you for being part of my world.

May we all continue to build a world together where trans people of all races, ages, religions, cultures, identities, interests, and values, are loved and seen and embraced for who they are.