Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition from Self-Loathing to Self-Love

by Mia Violet

Thanks to The X-Files, UFO culture was prevalent at the time, with plenty of allegedly non-fiction supernatural books on offer too. I found the whole topic simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying. There was something deeply alluring about the idea of there being much more to life than I could currently comprehend, like there was something fantastically strange and dangerous out there, something shrouded in secrets and mystery.

Coming out at any age can be a horror show, and all it takes is a lapse in confidence or a cruel response from a family member to send you running right back inside the closet. A friend once grimly joked with me that we trans people often have multiple coming out stories, because it’s so hard to make the first attempt stick.