Requiring that I erase my past, to present a consistent and current identity to the world is a violence.
I have not always been a woman. My being a woman is complicated. My old name was still my name. My time as young man taught me a lot about being a man in our culture. My time as a woman has taught me a lot about it too, and vice versa.
dissent from standard trans narratives Afficher plus
@jamuraa Always here for the talk (or you know where)
And that may be where we differ: Conforming to a norm has never been comfortable to me, regardless of what it is.