janes-nature-garden:

thetolerantleft:

As a trans girl, growing up hearing the cultural trope of like “you can be whatever you want to be” and “just be yourself” was genuinely infuriating because I knew it was a lie. They didn’t mean it. Eventually looking back it was so strange how often I heard that and how untrue it proved to be once I heeded the advice. 

damn… this is too real.