“Trans* individuals are constantly asked to adapt to their surroundings. I am always aware of my perceived gender/gender expression. In a conservative, cissexist work environment I am required to painfully adapt or be continuously misgendered, which is incredibly triggering and dysphoric, not to mention exhausting. I ask myself these questions: What are my pronouns worth? What would I give up just to be called something so simple as ‘he’? To me, being trans* means constantly having to give up pieces of yourself without losing your core, your essence, your fabulousness. A balance that is difficult, to say the very least.”
