The more I get over the shame of being trans, the angrier I get at a society and culture that made such a thing feel shameful. There is nothing shameful about not being the gender society assigned to you. The shame is on society for not admitting their mistake and supporting you.

I realized how much shame I was feeling for being trans and something shifted. I can feel many things about being trans, but there is no reason at all to feel shame over it.

It’s so much more likely that I am trans than cis based on all evidence, but so hard for me to accept because of the courage required to be myself. Something I have struggled with since childhood. Honestly it is amazing I am alive and still putting one foot in front of the other.

“Erica loved Constance, yes, but she feared losing her more, and those were two different things, she realized. One required honesty, and the other required swallowing yourself.” -Woodworking

Reading @emilystjams.bsky.social Woodworking and feeling very seen. Personal resonance with protagonist aside, the writing and storytelling is wonderful.

I am going to try an experiment. “Hey world, my name is Robyn, I am a 60 year old trans woman.”