#transgrowingup

When I was in elementary school, there was this kid who used to bully me because I played with the boys at recess. Now, almost 15 years later, this kid came into the gym I work at. I could tell he remembered me, but I could also tell he was confused because my name tag didn’t have the same name on it that I went by growing up. He said something to his buddy and referred to me as “her”, but then he quickly corrected my pronoun to “he”. The fact that someone made an effort to correct my pronouns and the fact that it came from someone who made me so miserable in elementary school shows how much people really can change. And in some cases, it can even be for the better.