Have been feeling envious of girls ever since I hit puberty. Hated my facial and body hair. Didn't know what to do with these feelings so I just pushed them down and ignored them. Learned to kind of live with them and forgot about it for a while. Played female characters in video games and ttrpgs to relieve some of the disphoria. But the thoughts and feelings didn't go away, in fact they got 'worse'. Felt a strange kinship with trans people and lesbians. Eventually I admitted to myself that I'm not a man but didn't give it more thought. "Maybe I'm just non-binary." At this point I already knew I was trans deep down but I didn't let myself know. I lived in denial for 3 more years. Then about a month ago all the resistance I put up finally broke down under the weight and I accepted myself as trans. I'm almost 25 now.

It's so good to finally be able to be honest with myself and let these feelings flow without guilt. Now I'm slowly trying to figure out what to do next. I'm super grateful to have a supportive girlfriend and an amazing queer friend group.

Love to all of my trans siblings out there! <3