If you’re transfem, how do you refer to your young pre-transition self? Here are some options:

  • “when I was a child”
    Boring, safe, lame
  • “when I was a young girl”
    Validating, asserts that you were always this gender
  • “when I was a little boy”
    Shock value, subversive, power move
  • “before I was myself”
    Dramatic, perhaps even melodramatic
  • “in the dark times”
    You sound like you’re in a fantasy novel
  • “when I was a pup / kitten”
    Very cool option for doggirls/catgirls
  • “when I was a kid”
    Stealthy affirmation for goatgirls