#this has been in my drafts for a while bc im afraid of receiving harassment but like

[catboyclarity]

you can talk about trans joy and emphasize the importance of just letting folks transition if it makes them happy without framing the experience of physical dysphoria as a shameful failing and transitioning to alleviate dysphoria as inherently pathetic or sadder. i get that there are some physically dysphoric trans people who decided to be shitty about it but like. dude a lot of just have experienced or are experiencing pain and don't need to be shamed by our own community for that.

i was in a lot of pain all the time for about a decade of my life and i transitioned to get rid of that pain, and that's not sadder or worse than someone transitioning bc they just wanted to choose joy. the gift of telling myself that my pain was real and i didn't deserve to be in it anymore, that i could live a life free of it (like i am doing now) isn't sad, or bad optics, or evidence i transitioned for the wrong reasons. it's fucking beautiful and i am beautiful for it.