I grew up without any knowledge or understanding that being trans a normal thing that one could be. The only times I saw trans rep in media, was when it was buried beneath a harmful trope that portrayed trans women as men posing as women for ~nefarious purposes~.

While on the whole my life has significantly improved, things have occasionally been difficult and messy in unexpected ways. I did what I felt I had to at the time to emotionally protect myself, but I do have regrets.

The comics from this period regularly focused on dysphoria Looking back now, there was a huge source of stress in my life at the time I was trying to ignore out of fear of confrontation- that stress often manifested as my hyper-focusing on the minutiae of dysphoria. Whoops!

Love dysphoria, you know?

It's important to reflect on where you've been and how far you've come.