#transansproud

When your childhood comes to haunt you #BrandontoBritney #transansproud #transgenderwoman #transgender #mtftransgender #mtf (at Moncton, New Brunswick) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYAJLbgZQT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2euz04qx8621

Here’s to all the years I never understood myself, but knew one day I’d figure out to feel at home within myself. Here’s to all the years on why I felt like different, but didn’t have the words to explain to myself let alone another human being. I never self-identified as a lesbian even though others considered me as such mostly because I didn’t want to give them a reaction, or have a conversation about how that language didn’t fit me and my reasons why. At one point I was so tired of everyone self-identifying me that I came out as bisexual because it was a label I was comfortable with probably due to being able to play on a spectrum (that’s what my teenage mind decided). I discovered the language of transgender and trans when I was 19 and going to school at a community college in Oregon. That was when I found the right language however it was too scary for me to speak aloud. So I did what any 19 year old in 2004 would do which was hit the internet for more information. I started a live journal (an online blog) this was where I found the trans masculine community, and I knew this was who I was and saw life possible. I was still scared and I talked to trans males online about the military and I would be trans enough if I postponed my transition until after I was done serving or if I should just go forward with transitioning and forget the military. With online support from the community I found I postponed my transition and joined the military. Years later in my late 20’s I began to transition, and 5 years later I feel more at home in my body and identity. Happy National Coming Out Day! I’m visible for those that can’t be or those that need to see another human that is different succeed when they’re told they won’t. #happynationalcomingoutday #ftm #trans #transansproud #visibleforthosewhocantbe #visibleforthosethatneedsomeonetobevisible #transition #transgender #transisbeatiful #transman #transwoman #lgbtq #guyslikeus @ftmmagazine @ftmstorys @pointofprideorg @transmenofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo0KjQ7DTPz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p8go0iuh1mu6