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My Transgender Manifesto
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility
-I will no longer be ashamed of being transgender.
-I will no longer feel any guilt nor will I let anyone make me feel guilty. This is not a choice for me. They can choose to leave me but I can’t. It is who and what I am. Everyone else will need to accept it.
-I will change whatever I need to feel like me. It is not vanity, I need to be able to finally see me.
-I will stop being mean to myself. I am a good person and I deserve to be treated better by me.
-I will like myself. I have so many good qualities. I need to see them and value them.
-I will do all I can to help everyone in my life understand. Society has kept them as blind as it has kept me about the truth of what being transgender is.
-I will laugh. Transition can be fun if I am willing to laugh at myself and see the humor that transitioning is bringing to my life.
-I will not internalize the haters or the ignorant.
-I will fight for acceptance. I am worthy and I bring worth to the world.
-I will not be bullied.
-I will expect to be treated equally and with respect. This is not negotiable.
-I will accept my imperfections.
-I will be happy. I waited a lifetime to get here.
-I will have joy and will share it with anyone who will let me.
Dedicated to all my transgender, LGBTQ, and cisgender friends who helped me get here. I found out I am never alone.
Emma Holiday
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