I just want to say, I don’t post much about being trans. I don’t think of myself as transitioning anymore because I already did it. I haven’t boymoded in years. I’m not really planning on getting surgeries because of the cost, and have conflicted feelings about updating paperwork anyway. I could have lived the rest of my life where I was and been pretty content with it.

But sometimes I think the haters, the phobes and the straight up fash get the wrong impression from this. I’m happy and prefer to live in peace… but I’m not bending my knee. I’m not going away either.

Every transitioned person is a survivor. We’ve been ostracized, threatened, marginalized and yet we’re still here, damnit. And like an old warrior who was hoping to live out their final days in peace, I will take my weapons down off the mantle and join back in the fight.

I’m Rain, and I’m a proud trans gal. And neither I nor my people will be erased.