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Saw someone mention the "after trans people come out they are an entirely new person" narrative and like... Yes, that is how it works for some people but honestly for myself I find it incredibly upsetting.
The idea that now that I have come out as trans masc, and esp if I seek medical transition, that I am severed from a history of living in and interacting with the world for 43 years as a woman is something I viscerally reject.
Especially since the world acted on me (depending on my presentation), and continues to act on me (because tits and high voice in politeness mode), as if I am a queer woman who is extremely gender non-conforming, which is honestly dangerous and often extremely unpleasant.
So like... If you are cis, you EXTREMELY SHOULD NOT EVER assume what narrative a trans person finds most useful about their life.
I am still me. I carry my entire history with me. Kinda wish I didn't, some days, because it has led to ptsd etc. But all of that history happened to me. Me, not someone else.
