ghost celestite

my mom hasn’t seen my chest post-op at all because the idea of it is so awful to her that the one time we took my bandages off with her present, she ran across the hotel room to hide from it and started crying to my brother about it (yes, with actual tears). she drove an hour and a half with us at 5:30am to my post-op just to sit in the waiting room because she refused to come in and see me after the surgeon took the bandages off. my dad has been the only one helping me with recovery things like changing bandages and monitoring healing because she still won’t look at my chest.

We were still forced to be mature early

We were still told to not to take up space

We were still subject to female beauty standards

Our bodies were still treated as inappropriate

We were still pitted against each other

We were still excluded from “male” activities

We were still treated as lesser the boys

I’ve seen multiple people ask “why do I see so many transgender people - specifically transgender women - crowdfunding and asking for money?” Its simple. They are paid less than the average worker. Transgender women being paid the least.

4 in 10 transgender people are unemployed. Around 3 in 10 transgender adults live in poverty.

Disabled trans women and black trans women are hit the hardest by the struggles.