Yes, You Are Trans Enough Quotes

“A common effect of dysphoria is that it places a cap on your emotions and tricks you into confusing contentedness for happiness. It tells you that being numb and dissatisfied with everything is the normal way to be.”
― Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition from Self-Loathing to Self-Love

“To be transgender all you need is to have an inkling that the gender on your birth certificate is not quite right. That’s it.”
― Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition from Self-Loathing to Self-Love

“Misgendering is a complicated topic to trans people as it intersects with so many other issues. Innocent misgendering by the general public can still be painful, as it’s often taken as a sign that no matter the effort we may have put in, we’re still seen as that old persona we’re trying to leave behind. Someone in the street could innocently ruin a trans person’s day by reading them as the wrong gender and openly using the wrong pronoun. By trying to keep my expectations low, I felt that I was minimising the hurt that misgendering was causing, but I’d be lying to say that it wasn’t still disappointing.”
― Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition from Self-Loathing to Self-Love

“It was like I had grown up with a limiter on my emotions, blocking me from feeling anything too deeply-positive or negative-but finally it had been taken off. I was feeling things profoundly and meaningfully for the first time in my life, and I loved it.”
― Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love

“from the outside we looked like a stereotypical heteronormative nuclear family. Later I ruined this image and queered everything to pieces”
― Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition from Self-Loathing to Self-Love

“Being the funnyt person is an easy part to play when you hate yourself, because it feels like your whole life is a joke written by somebody else.”
― Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love

“If you don't know that being trans is even a concept, you're unlikely to realize there's a valid reason why you don't fit in-you just assume the problem is you.”
― Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love

“...transition is nobody's first idea, or second, or third, it's usally the last resort...We know full well that trans people are stigmatized and that transition can bring social exclusion...We do it anyway because we have no choice. When every other option has been exhausted and we still don't feel right, that's when we give in and transition...only trans people genuinely consider transition, because we're the only ones who still think it sounds exciting and enticing despite all the side-effects. Warning someone who's decided to transition that they should think it through is like asking someone if they're sure they want to be released from prison.”
― Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love