Body Image
Also honestly y’all —
It helps trans kids
To see other trans kids
But what do we do about
The adults who have to deal
With the reality
That they didn’t get to transition
As a child?
Do we tell every little kid
Who wants to be a pop star
About Kim Petras
As an example
Or do we let them find it out later,
Do we tell every trans adult
They should operate in their bodies
Obsessive compulsively
Until they pass as
“The way they feel inside”
Or perhaps is it better
To talk about trans issues
As something you can’t control, or decide—
Where is the acknowledgement
That some people become cis passing
And others don’t
Completely due to circumstance alone ?
I understand that passing
Isn’t transphobic, but insisting
That everyone who identifies as trans
Will end up looking like
Adrian Dowling or Kim Petras
Is arguably less healthy
Than any other body image movement.