I Am Pleased To Announce That You Are Now Transgender

Congratulations! Read on for more good news.

“It” here refers to “being transgender,” because you are. Photo by Norbu GYACHUNG on Unsplash

Hi there! Welcome to Pride 2022. I’m your assigned representative, here to deliver the good news: You’re transgender.

Let me guess: You got here by Googling “am I transgender.” Or “signs you might be transgender.” Or “illness make people believe they are transgender.” Or “hormonal disorder testosterone make woman believe man,” a Google search near and dear to my college self. I really did have a testosterone disorder, namely the fact that I needed to get a syringe of testosterone and inject it into my body, because I am transgender. And — if you Googled any of that and decided to read this blog post about it — so are you.

Look: It’s really scary to think you might be transgender. People are unmitigated shits to us on a daily basis. You can probably think of all sorts of reasons why being transgender would be hard: Maybe you’re afraid that you’ll lose friends or family, or that you won’t be hot, or that you’ll get fired, or that you’re too old, or that you can Do More Good As An Ally. (You’re just a really, really good ally.) You have a whole lot of reasons why transition might not work out.

Here’s the problem: The people who come up with complicated rationales for why they should not transition are…