Edit: scrolling up to Padme's face after hitting "comment" or "save" or whatever made me giggle. How did we end up talking about this again? 🤣😭
Thank you so much for sharing this! I appreciate (is that the right word?) all the hardships that you had to go through in pursuit of happiness. I have been a trans and non-binary ally my whole adult life, so I knew in theory of the persecution, alienation, demonization and plain bullying that we have to endure, but to read what a person goes through inside, mentally and emotionally, it's eye-opening, to say to least.
The video that I linked to, I watched for the first time sometime around last December. As you said it youself, it's rather the latter part of the video that stuck with me too. I don't know why, but watching this video was the first thing that every made me question: what if there is nothing wrong with me? What if all the evil that I had to accept through the years from what I thought were male peers was just that: evil. There is nothing wrong with me - or you, for that matter. It's the cisnormative world and society that is wrong.
I have just begun my journey towards trying to get help from my government, but thus far, I have only every been rejected and passed around. Now, I need a little breather to muster the strength to try again.
Thanks again for sharing! We are valid, no matter who or how or what we are.