@MariBari TERFs are shit people who don't believe in any gender variance - that doesn't make what you're feeling invalid and it doesn't make you any less trans. Trans people don't have to be binary and they don't have to be consistent, either. <3 Hang in there!

@JJEden The problem is that, like, I've been immersed in TERF rhetoric for so long that anything and everything sets off huge amounts of internalized transphobia :(

@JJEden Like, I absolutely despise TERFs and never believe their hate speech or harassment... So why is it, then, that I end up hating myself for the exact same reasons they say I should hate myself over? It's very frustrating.

@MariBari I guess that's just part of being part of an oppressed minority - hearing the same rhetoric your whole life leaves a mark. I still struggle with internalized transphobia too. It's just a work in progress, however unpleasant.