Gender

Getting misgendered is one of those things that are inevitable. It hurts almost every time but there seems to be nothing you can do about it. I'm at risk for being called selfish for correcting them. Those same people I came out to years ago still disrespect me but I let it happen and I keep getting hurt. I don't actually want to talk about it with them because I know they don't see the importance or understand it as well. I feel so lonely and isolated as a trans person. I feel like I'm watching everything from a glass box. Like I'm not actually apart of this world because no one can understand me. I don't feel like this all the time, but when I do it sucks. I sort of feel like this right now. I try so hard to detatch from those aspects of people and just focus on the parts that are helpful to me. Or think about the times they acknowledged my gender identity. It means a lot to me, and maybe I'm making a big deal of it and being silly but it really does mean a lot to me. I just hope that one day I can feel comfortable in how I present myself.