- Don’t do it right after I disclose to you that I am trans and you thought I was cis
- Don’t do it with a condition that I shouldn’t change my body
- Don’t expect me to believe you because I won’t and I can’t
- There’s too many messages throughout the day that tell me:
- That my voice isn’t pretty
- That girls with facial hair are ugly
- That my junk disgusts them
- Tell me I’m beautiful
- and I’ll politely say thank you
- Tell me I’m beautiful again
- and I’ll say I know
- But I still can’t feel it. It only goes skin deep
- Tell me that I am beautiful
- I always have been and always will be
- Say it so much that I can’t brush it off
- Say it with enough conviction that the next time I see myself naked that the words “You are beautiful” are tattooed across my flat chest
- Catch me by surprise:
- Tell me I’m beautiful when I’m not expecting you to
- When I’m not trying to be anything but myself
- Don’t tell me I’m beautiful because I’m passing as something I’m not
- Tell me because I am who I am whether I like it or not
- Let me know that I am beautiful no matter what
Transitions 