Cis perspective on a trans issue. This is outside my lane but maybe this perspective might be helpful to some?

Every single trans person I've known before I knew they were trans who's undergone surgery, seemed to from my vantage point 'rush into it'. I really worried for them.

And every single one of them was a billion times happier after their affirming surgeries.

THAT transformation, not the physical one we all can see, but the transformation of THEM...was astonishing ...to me as a cis person.

And only confirmed how WRONG my perspective is.

On these issues. And how little I was aware of the tremendous suffering they had endured from various dysphoria.

It was like a huge weight was lifted off their very soul. That's what it looked like to me. And all of them have blossomed in their ways, and are just...happier.

So if like me you're a cis person who's worried about what seems like from your outside perspective 'rushing into' ...I mean don't quiz a trans person unless they're your close friend & that convo is okay to maybe have, or someone who welcomes such...but listen to what THEY say

so you can better support the person you care about. Because that's what it's all about, being worried for them and wanting to be supportive in the most helpful and best ways. <3

Oh which isn't to say all trans people undergo surgery. many don't. Some do. It varies. But for many I've known, it's been an essential part of medical treatment for dysphoria and is as essential to their health and well being as any other medical procedure we have done.