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why is it so important that young trans people be able to utilize puberty blockers? here's a short thread about my own experience as a closeted young trans person in the late 80s/early 90s who, of course, did not have access to them.
when i was in junior high, people occasionally told me i "would have made a cute girl." i pretended to be embarrassed but secretly i was hopeful that someday i might at least be able to move in the world being seen as the person i truly was, "cute" or not.
by high school, it was not uncommon for people to tell me i looked like nick nolte. that's what a few years of testosterone can do, and that can't be undone.
i know that it doesn't make me any less of a woman. of course i know that. but it was painful at the time to go through, and still i'm misgendered all the time, and believe that my quality of life might be better if i was more visible in the world as the person i am.
please support the right of young trans people to avoid the painful experience of going through a puberty that runs in direct opposition to their authentic selves. it's the compassionate thing to do for their present, and for their future.
this thread brought to you by the collision in my mind of the current battle over trans care for young people that's happening in the UK and me seeing that the prince of tides starring nick nolte (which i intend to watch one of these days) is now playing on the criterion channel
