Something far too many ppl, including fellow trans ppl, fail to grasp is that "invisibility" of trans men is not a protective invisibility that shields us.
It is invisibility in the sense that WHEN we are the targets of violence & oppression, we are recorded as "female victims."
recently getting help and realizing things i assumed were quirky personality traits are all actually trauma responses has been devastating. how much of me actually belongs to myself and how much of me belongs to the trauma
3 months ago Hayden Panettiere published a memoir that exposed deplorable behaviour of many, without naming anyone.
At the time she said: "There's so much I want to do. I want to be creative. I want to get behind the camera. I want to direct. I want to produce."
A major loss.