The moment we stop trying to dictate to someone else what their life, their story, their experience is supposed to look like and we start to listen, not just hear but actually listen things change. So much of my life people have tried to tell me what my life, story and experience should look like, they have heard but not listened. As someone who has Gender Dysphoria I do not fit neatly into any gender box and I spent a year and a half trying to fit into a box that wasn’t mine. I ignored myself, my needs and my heart because I was afraid. So I ask for people to please listen, really listen, we can figure this out together, I know it’s scary for you, it’s scary as hell for me but I can no longer hurt myself the ways I have been. I love myself and I love you all. #genderdysphoria #gender #god #jesus #bssd #transgender #listen #openears #liveoutloud #ifyoucantloveyourselfhowinthehellyougonnalovesomebodyelse @lavernecox you inspire me #onedayatatime #ilovemyself #mylife #mystory (at Myrtletown, California)