4 Gender Confessions People Confided in a Trans Girl
You being yourself is a magnet for people’s stories
One of the coolest things about being yourself? Your openness may invite others to confide in you their stories.
Transgender feelings followed me around since an early age. As I came out, I read autobiographies like Janet Mock’s Redefining Realness. That didn’t make me a PhD in gender identity struggles! I still had a lot to learn.
But because I was now visibly trans and a listener type, I was in for some casual education. Friends, family, and strangers on the web honored me with their gender-related confessions.
I learned just how diverse our experiences of gender are.
Things stopped seeming shocking. Still, having people’s trust was humbling. There’s nothing like firsthand accounts. Being trans gave me a bird’s-eye view into people’s gendered lives, beyond what anonymous blogs could teach.
Here are 4 of the things people told me. (Details changed for privacy.)
1. I would have transitioned
“I would have transitioned,” she said, “if the world were different back then. Before I became set in my identity as Michael.”
