coming out, slurs
oh are we doing coming out stories
when i first came out as bi, my parents avoided the subject
when my mom found a skirt in my clothes she wouldn't look me in the eye for a week
when i came out as trans the first thing my dad told me was "not all bad people are faggots but all faggots are bad people" (he used stronger wording i have no real translation for)
when i locked myself in the bathroom and started crying for hours my mother threatened to throw me out of home
coming out cont., transition
i already knew what i wanted since i was 16 but it wasn't until i was 21 that i got to start hrt. i already knew back then i should at least be on hormone blockers. my mom wouldn't let me.
i watched, already aware, puberty destroy every hope i had of being myself physically
i will never stop regretting not having been able to start sooner and avoid everything that still pains me to this day every single morning when i look at the mirror to shave
coming out cont., transition
@squirrel *offers hugs*
coming out cont., transition
@squirrel You deserve lots of hugs, seriously. *hugs firmly*
coming out cont., transition
and people keep telling me "but you're so pretty" "but i thought you were cis" and in my head it amounts to nothing
because it takes a tremendous effort every morning to look half as good as i wish i could just to be psychologically able to leave the house or post a selfie and there are still days i get clocked on the street even then