6 months on T , the reality
Starting Testosterone was a further step in my transition I knew I needed to take. Yes I had had top surgery first and only a month after surgery I started T. I'm sure some have said why so fast, why all at once? Well for me it wasn't fast, I had waited since the age of 8 for this moment. For me it was now or die tbh. When I 'came out' as non binary trans Masc I wasn't sure if that was right, I wasn't sure if I was still saying and doing things for others. Now I know I was. I was also dealing with the internal transphobia I held about myself because that is what I had been taught. I had been taught that my feelings were stupid, invalid, I was delusional for feeling that way. Then the name calling, the rejection, I was not sure if it was worth fighting for, if I had th inner strength to be truly me, to face the bigotry and hate , to challenge my internal taught belief system. But I was strong enough, I am proud of myself, I know the time was now to finally be fr...