"GET THE FISHHH" - Dr. Terry Keiser 😂 a core memory from Field Semester.

Instead, ask your trans friends if you can help with legal documents, medications, finances, relocation, community connections, finding affirming healthcare, future planning, etc. Or simply tell us you love us & show us you're committed to the work. ✊🏻🫶🏻

Telling us that we're valid is to assume we don't feel that we are. That assumption comes from one's own insecurities about parts of themselves they've yet to learn to love & accept. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Idk, it just feels like a slap in the face when we've known this all along. The problem is cis ppl not doing the work to accept who THEY are, fully.

Getting to a point where we accept our transness requires us to know ourselves deeply. We know we're valid. Cis ppl rarely do the deep, introspective work that is an inherent part of being trans.