Yesterday, I had a friend reach out on social media in my DM’s and ask, “Are you transgender???”.
The question hung in the air, as a million feelings and thoughts rushed at me. Fear. Anxiety. Would this change things? How did she not know already? We’ve known each other for almost a year now. She must have seen a post of me talking about trans experience.
I played it off all cool. “Yep, love. I am. hehe. ”, I responded. We had a short exchange, and I felt things shift. Whereas before she was fully open and loving, now there was this subtle divide. Was that all in my head? Maybe. I’m not sure. It felt like a loss of sisterhood, though, and I I died inside a bit.