#trans+

TMA = trans women, transfeminine nonbinary people.

Both categories include women and nonbinary people

Both categories include people with penises, and people with vaginas, and people with ambiguous genitals.

Both categories include intersex people.

TME includes cis and trans men.

Shout out to the lady who immediately came to my defense.  In the event that you somehow stumble across this strip in the future, I was the lady wearing a Jets hat at the Moynihan Train Hall on June 19th, 2026.  I appreciate you so much.  Keep being that person, you displayed perfectly what being an ally looks like.

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It was a nice day, a really nice day.  We had met up with a bunch of friends from all over in the city, and as the resident New Yorkers, my wife and I got a kick out of the visiting folks taking in the sights.

Since I was out with a group had we were having a good time, I didn’t want to draw too much attention to what went down in the bathroom.  I let everyone know, sure, but I still was laughing it off.

Once I was home though, It hasn’t been able to get out of my mind.

At a base level, it’s a reminder that I don’t pass.  Like, I know I don’t, but it sucks to have it rubbed in my face in that way.

Beyond that however, the idea that I (and other trans folks) are “cursed”, carries a dark implication: that we are fundamentally flawed or damaged human beings; that we are “less than” by nature.

No matter how much I knew this would eventually happen, it genuinely was shocking in the moment and I almost couldn’t believe it.  I’m now acutely aware that this could happen again, at any time, and I might not be as lucky when it does.

What if no one defends me?  What if there’s no one else?  What if the person gets violent?  What if a man follows me in?

There’s a whole new terror that has been baked into my life that I’m now unable to escape from.