Hi, I Am A Woman

https://medium.com/@katelynburns/hi-i-am-a-woman-b72b6baebca8#.fqvd18frj

Medium/Katelyn Burns3 hrs ago·5 min read   03/08/2016

"Hi, I Am A Woman

For the 1st International Women's Day that I've admitted, even to myself, that I am a woman, how do I know?

Today is International Women's Day and I happen to have it off from work. "

I like this a lot. Especially:

QuoteMy guess is that most cis women have never had to justify their womanhood to anyone. I wonder what that's like, I wonder if I will ever get to that point for myself. I doubt it vigorously. That's a privilege that I will simply never have.

When I first started transition i did not consider myself a woman but knew with certainty that i was not really a man.  I went thru a period of feeling gender queer and then like a girl in puberty.  It took me some time to accept myself as a woman and part of that was recognizing my non binary nature and wanting to own it thru experience.  Now out over three years i do own that simple title of woman.  I am also happy to be recognized as a transgender woman.  This is acceptance of my entire life experience that includes decades of living as a man.  I feel like a new and different person but laying Jim to rest did not erase those important experiences I shared with so many.  Those experiences helped to shape the person I am today.

I really enjoy where I am and for simplicity will confirm I am a woman....and more.  To love someone and really know them means acknowledging their entire life IMO.

My goodness! I could have written that essay except that for me it was  the Great Outdoors rather than in sports that I hid.

That's beautiful Tessa,  that's exactly how I  hope I'll feel in a few years.


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