Symptoms of Being Human

We’re all taught from a young age that there are only two choices: pink or blue, Bratz or Power Rangers, cheerleading or football. We see gender in two dimensions because that’s what society has taught us from birth. But, are you ready for a shocking revelation?
SOCIETY NEEDS TO CHANGE.

When life gives you gators, you make Gatorade.

A place where I’m free to be what I am. Whatever that is.

As if they have a right to know! As if, since I’ve so rudely failed to make it obvious, I ought to wear a sign.

But the truth is, it still doesn’t matter how I feel—because however I show up today, people will expect me to look the same tomorrow. Including my parents.

I want everything I’ve been through to make sense. I want the pain to have meaning. I want it to change something

But the truth is, feelings don’t change anything. To change something, you have to say things out loud. Do things.

“People are complicated. And messy. Seems too convenient that we’d all fit inside some multiple-choice question.”

“Don’t be stupid. I don’t have a type. I have standards.”
I open my eyes and look into hers. “And I meet them?”
“You are them.”

my wardrobe has all the color of a week-old bruise.