Originally published on Facebook 2024-05-22. Republished 2025-01-17.
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
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