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transition is a weird concept
Dec. 13th, 2023 11:04 pm because let's be real, it's still often implied to be binary, medical or both.
so far, mine has been neither. medical transition steps are celebrated much more than anything else by the community, while i'm over here considering my legal name change, my voice training, my first short haircut to be just as big of a deal.
it's talked about in simplified terms of "pre-transition" and "post-transition". but when is it "post" when "passing" as nonbinary is literally impossible? how long do you have to be on HRT for it to be "post"? how can it ever be "post" if you constantly have to choose between coming out or recloseting yourself because no one just sees... you?
it doesn't feel like transition. it feels like being stuck in place, in a world that refuses to see me.
so far, mine has been neither. medical transition steps are celebrated much more than anything else by the community, while i'm over here considering my legal name change, my voice training, my first short haircut to be just as big of a deal.
it's talked about in simplified terms of "pre-transition" and "post-transition". but when is it "post" when "passing" as nonbinary is literally impossible? how long do you have to be on HRT for it to be "post"? how can it ever be "post" if you constantly have to choose between coming out or recloseting yourself because no one just sees... you?
it doesn't feel like transition. it feels like being stuck in place, in a world that refuses to see me.
