True to Myself

January 30, 2025

I'm not a monster like they make me out to be I'm just trying to be true to myself, to be the real me

I don't understand, I've got a medical condition It's called “gender dysphoria”, but they won't listen to my cries, to my tears, no they just don't care all they wanna do is lie and cheat and scare They don't understand and they don't want to The way people are, why they do the things they do They call me selfish and a liar, say I'm coming for your children Then they try to ban proven science and call me a villain Yeah, maybe I'm a little selfish once in a while but it's okay to do things for me, things that make me smile I'm not a monster like they make me out to be I'm just trying to be true to myself, to be the real me

They call it “chemical and physical mutilation”, it makes me so mad! Would they say the same thing to someone with cancer in their nads? They insult the experts, call their work “junk science” yet those people have proven time and again they've earned our reliance Do they really think I came to this idea on a whim one day? Do they have any inkling how hard it is to be this way? I take pills every day, injections every week And I've got millions of people shouting that I'm a freak I didn't ask to be this way, this isn't a choice I just want to love my body, my face, my voice Gender-affirming care isn't wrong, it saves lives Did you know the percent of people happier for it is greater than 89? I have a voice to speak, a stage on which I stand so I want you to know, I want you to understand there's nothing wrong with this, it's okay to be this way no matter what those people out there say I'm not a monster like they make me out to be I'm just trying to be true to myself, I just want to love me

I just want to be true to myself I just want to love me

#Poetry #Trans #TransRights #Political