I wish more cisgender peeps would just sit down and shut up and listen to trans experiences and narratives.
(Signed, a cis woman)
I love this reframing of "change". Others are the only ones seeing a change - the person inhabiting the body is the one who has always felt that way in the first place. ♥️
Happy four years HRT anniversary, Seán 💙✨ and thank you for this piece - framing transition as an act of sculpture and unveiling struck a strong chord of familiarity in my heart.
I'm nearing three years and my biggest reflection is similar - for me, transition has been less of an act of remaking and more of an unmaking of the person I was expected to be. Moving through this world has been so much easier since I've started chipping away at that opaque and stony exterior and allowed my authentic heart to reach others.
Here's to all our future HRT anniversaries, here's to living.
Im so pleased for you! Your framing is incisive and incredibly resonant for me; transitioning is less an act of change and more an act of creation, of expression for that innermost self. Congrats on your 4 yr HRT anniversary; here’s to many more!
I wish more cisgender peeps would just sit down and shut up and listen to trans experiences and narratives.
(Signed, a cis woman)
I love this reframing of "change". Others are the only ones seeing a change - the person inhabiting the body is the one who has always felt that way in the first place. ♥️
i fucking love this writing. Fierce, powerful, vulnerable. So excited to have stumbled on your substack.
oh honey! thank you! god... i just... it's just me? I i never expect anyone to read these things so i'm delighted when people do.
I think this is the exact time to speak our truth, knowing that people will find us as writers when they are meant to 💖 more power to you 💖
Happy four years HRT anniversary, Seán 💙✨ and thank you for this piece - framing transition as an act of sculpture and unveiling struck a strong chord of familiarity in my heart.
I'm nearing three years and my biggest reflection is similar - for me, transition has been less of an act of remaking and more of an unmaking of the person I was expected to be. Moving through this world has been so much easier since I've started chipping away at that opaque and stony exterior and allowed my authentic heart to reach others.
Here's to all our future HRT anniversaries, here's to living.
Im so pleased for you! Your framing is incisive and incredibly resonant for me; transitioning is less an act of change and more an act of creation, of expression for that innermost self. Congrats on your 4 yr HRT anniversary; here’s to many more!