04/01/2024
Happy Easter and also happy Transgender Day of Visibility! 😊🏳️⚧️
My journey with being a member of the LGBTQ+ community hasn’t been a straight line (pun intended 😉). For most of my life I’ve claimed to be an ally in order to not cause issues seeing as I was raised conservative. It’s a lot easier to stay quiet and keep things amicable than to come out and set off a “family crisis.”
These past couple years have been a constant struggle between who I’m supposed to be and who I really am. It’s honestly been quite the roller coaster, but at the end of the day, living authentically is all I’ve ever wanted to do. There’s no joy in having to hide parts of yourself that people don’t want to accept, even when it’s those closest to you.
I’ve tried not to rock the boat and lean into the farce by living the life certain people want for me. It drove me to depression and a state of numbness that took years to free myself from. I don’t wanna get too wordy here, but it’s time to start living authentically and today seems more than fitting to update this account.
Here’s to joy and living a life I’m happy to call mine! 😇🏳️⚧️💙
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