Yep that’s me. To be honest I only know one trans woman, but I knew her since she was like 14 and she’s only transitioned a few years back. I sometimes accidentally used her old name or gender which was met with anger, leaving the room and slamming the door most of the time.

She’s doing better now the transition is over, but I mainly stick with silence or safe topics now. I definitely don’t talk about the past anymore because that is like walking through a minefield.

I did that once and the before/after dopamine is nice. But the downside is that looking back at the after photo and realising that it looks like shit again after 10 weeks is even more depressing.