I doubt it’ll change your mind, but it’s not pretend. There are parts of you that you cannot control. You can slow your heartbeat, if you try but you can’t stop it. You can control your impulses, but you still have them sometimes. For us, this is how we live. We cannot control the urge to be trans. We can repress it, ignore it, and the like. It’s still there. Being trans usually comes from two things: neurodivergency or trauma. You can use medication and practices to reduce them, they won’t really go away. Trauma you can get over, forgive, repress, accept and move on. Still happened. What I’m saying is we are who we are, all we want is be us. Sure, trans sports isn’t really an issue that can be solved. Locker rooms? Yeah, people get uncomfortable. And sure, there are r*pists, people who fake it for their own reasons, people who are just awful, but so does every community. All we ask, is to be treated like other humans. It’s so easy to scapegoat and alienate. It’s hard to care, to understand.
Holy rant, I’m so radical. Thanks for reading (hopefully) my ted talk and have a great day.