Evan Urquhart

The idea that trans men transition bc its somehow easier than living as a woman is bat-fucking-shit bonkers. It's not easy to be a woman in a sexist world. But starting by being seen as a woman and trying to convince people to respect you as a man is a ridiculous uphill fight.

Masculinity is some trip. It's something of a horror to grow up AMAB and not fit expected gender roles or behavior. Being perceived as overly effete is even... potentially dangerous sometimes. Coming into that anew must be, uh, fun.

I'm 5'2" and since I started passing I've been afraid of being beaten up by a rando at a bar twice, compared to the previous number of times, which was zero. Were men even scarier pre-transition? Yeah, probably. But becoming a man isn't some magical cloak of safety, either.

I'm literally a foot taller than you, oof... guess that means I'm gonna have to become real damn jacked once I'm on T so I can be that looming glaring presence over every trans person's shoulder. I'm gonna eat bigots for dinner.