i wish i could spend some time with you
i want to get to know you
i think we would agree on many things
i want to laugh with you, cry with you. i want to listen to your rage about misogny and add in. i want to share hopes and fears for women and feminism.
and i want you to get to know me. and see me as human.
i want you to see me take my testosterone shot, and cry tears of joy.
i want you to see me admire my top surgery scars and thank god every day for giving me a chance at a real life.
i want you to see me with my trans friends. i want you to hear them laugh and cry and share their hopes and dreams.
i want you to see my friend cry about not being able to use the bathroom. i want you to see her anxiously try on a crop top. i want you to see her face burn in shame when she gets called a tranny. i want you to see her with her girlfriend. her girlfriend is fierce and funny and unapologetically lesbian.
i want you to watch us try to get through the day.
i want to get to know you as a person. and god i want you to see me as one
im so sorry we’ve gotten here in the first place and im so sorry you have to fight just to be alive and im so sorry for everything you experience under the patriarchy and im so sorry that you have to always be on guard and always try to anticipate the next threat
im really scared things won’t get better for trans people but i know in the end we want the same things and i hope we both get to watch women become more and more liberated every day
