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Okay, I am definitely not reading that essay bc I love myself, but I've been saying this for ages. That I kind of think she's gone TERF just because she's convinced herself that she can't transition at her age. https://twitter.com/KEBrightbill/status/1341482988345896962
I actually get incredibly frustrated by people who say things like they "can't" transition. It seems to imply that those of us who do transition didn't have to make incredible sacrifices, didn't lose things/people in the process. Like it's been easy. Worth it? Yes. Easy? No.
I broke up with someone years ago in part because they kept talking about a loved one who would "never be able to" transition. Like it was my fault. Like it was a privilege that I was able to transition.
I fought so hard for my transition. And at the moment I started T, I thought that I was going to lose my whole bio-family with that decision. I was fortunate that they eventually came around, but not before I made the decision that I was willing to lose them to find that peace.
I don't mean to discount the experience of trans people who don't medically transition with that story either, because that's part of my point. If you are trans, you are trans, regardless of how you manifest your gender. And that's why saying someone "can't" be trans is bullshit.
