Thank you ❤️🙏
When I transitioned socially back in 2019, I thought I looked so pretty.
I’d been on a journey of hormones and electrolysis, and growing my hair and wardrobe for a while by then.
And at last I arrived at the point where I could look into a mirror and see - a woman looking back at me, smiling, happy.
Looking back at those images now, when I thought I was so pretty, so womanly, when I thought no-one could have known I was trans – well, now I'm sure everyone knew I was trans! I mean, I have the pictures!
But of all the women I encountered, all those ladies who served me in shops, who worked in medical clinics, who I came across everywhere as I went about my life, no one said a word.
From the day I transitioned, I have exclusively used women’s toilets – I am a woman, after all - & no-one said a word.
Now, years have passed, & I’ve worked on me, & people can’t tell, but back then they certainly would have been able to. Yet no-one said a word.
Those women, all of you, made my journey SO much easier. And it made the world of difference to me !!
For a long time, I felt less-than. I felt that I didn’t have the right to stand up as a woman.
But no-one has EVER said anything like that to me. On the contrary. The women in my life have made me feel loved, validated, affirmed, supported, and so so WELCOME!!
I didn’t expect this.
I have had so many experiences on this journey that I didn’t expect, some of which I talk about in my speeches, but the welcome I have had from women, has been extraordinary.
I feel INCLUDED, not as a token, but as a genuine sister, even though it took me a long time to believe it.
Other women, my sisters, were NEVER the issue – it was me, & my insecurities.
I am strong now, in my self-belief, in my future. The image here is from a recent photo shoot as I launch my modelling career. OMG! Who would have thought ? Me ? It is extraordinary what life has to offer & for me the only thing to do is say YES!
And so I want to honor & thank all the gorgeous women in my life, my sisters, for your love & total support, & for making me feel so welcome.
And when you see another trans person out & about just trying to live their lives, please treat them as you have treated me, because it is hard enough, it is hard enough.
Love always
Bobbi ❤️
Inspirational speaker | Coach | Mentor
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