LGBTQIAP+ Milestones: Book 4

Acting Out a Show

By Felice

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Something about me never quite felt right, I was girly I did things all girls did and acted as little girls do. I played with ponies and barbies I liked Dora I had a dislike for 'icky boy stuff' I was very much a girl. But it never quite felt right, I felt as though I was acting. It wasn't really me but rather a version of me that everyone expected of me, a version which made them happy. But it was never me, it was all a show.

When I grew older I began to hit puberty and that made me very anxious and at around 12 I started having dysphoria I hated my breasts and I hated bras I hated being assigned female. So I've started to be more masculine, I am openly a male and I feel so much better I feel like I am my truer self now and I'm going to take hormones when I'm older! I don't have to hide who I am anymore and it feels like a load has been piled off of my back I feel so much better. Today, I celebrate my personal milestone I mark that the show is over.