My name is Jordan, and I am a transgender man. I work at Ruby’s arcade and I am saving up to have my top surgery! I have learned to love and be proud of this part of me. That is something that will always be different between me and most. Most are born in a body they’re content with. Most do not feel the need to tape down their breast tissue in order to appeal flat. Most do not have open wounds on their ribs when the adhesion pulls off your skin. Most do not have to deepen their voice to feel confident to speak. Most do not overheat in baggy clothes in order to not accentuate your curves. Most do not breakdown into tears glancing at yourself in the mirror. Most did not fight their mother because you didn’t want to wear a dress. Most did not come out to their parents to feel disrespected and in danger. Most do not have to worry that their existence makes people uncomfortable. I used to be angry of these parts of me, that I had to do this in order to feel myself, or accommodate to everyone else’s concerns. Through thick and thin with my journey I have found a love for my body not everyone will experience. Not everyone will understand this part of being transgender. We are told we are mutilating our bodies when we are just growing to love them. We are told it is wrong and ugly when it feels much more right and confident. We did not ask to be born this way, we are not asking everyday to be discriminated against. We are not asking to be harassed. We are asking to be seen as people. To be treated with respect and dignity. Transgender individuals are people too. We have feelings, we have dreams and ambitions, passions and hopes. We really are not that different. We all want respect, we want to be accepted, we all want to feel loved. Being transgender is not a choice, but supporting transgender people is.
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