In our culture, there’s a major lack of respect for the valiant journey transgender people through. Both mentally and physically, there are many obstacles to overcome before, during, and after transitioning. No matter how easy or hard the process may be, the transformation is nonetheless beautiful. I believe our society seldom views transgender women in particular as beautiful; and I plan to break those social stigmas and prove that we are also strong, courageous, sexy, and stylish. We need to rehumanize transgender people, and that starts with how we perceive them.
I feel we don’t all see transgender women as beautiful because there’s a misconstrued idea around what a transgender woman even is. In my opinion, most people are still stuck on thinking it?s an older or more masculine presenting person, who’s having tons of cosmetic procedures to appear more feminine, and trying to hide themselves. Even if the person is easily recognizable as transgender, it shouldn’t deter admiration for their bravery. As I’ve said before and will say again, trans women are no longer just middle-aged men trying on their wives’ clothes in secret. We’re young, out, and proud of ourselves. We need to rehumanize transgender people, and that starts with how we perceive them.

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