Iâm tired of seeing transgender identity represented as a cis man looking in the mirror and seeing a cis woman. Depicting a trans woman as a âwoman in a manâs bodyâ or trans man as a âman in a womanâs bodyâ is fundamentally anti-trans and just wrong for most of our experiences. I am a woman. Therefore I have a womanâs body. This is true regardless of how I appear or what my hormonal, genetic, and bodily makeup may be.Â
As a trans woman, Iâm forced into femininity through assumptions about my desires, ignoring that I also enjoy clothes designed for men. I spent years gaining the confidence to wear clothes designated for men again after being repeatedly told I couldnât be trans if I had such a desire.Â
There is a solution to this issue of representation. We can create more art describing trans people being forced into conforming to gender roles, trans people of color resisting white standards of trans identity, or trans people opposing the idea that we canât exist in everyday life. I want to see trans art guided by and featuring trans people. I want to represent me.
Okay retard, screw all of science then




















