When they see me,
I look like a girl,
But am I really?
I lower my voice,
change my name,
wear baggy clothes,
Am I still a She?
What can I expect?
That's all they would ever really see me,
I stopped wearing makeup,
Stopped wearing skirts,
I stopped using "feminine" language,
But why can't I just be me?
I tell them I am a boy,
I feel confident in my identity,
But this makes me doubt it,
The encounters I have,
Bit by Bit,
When will these doubts stop?
When will they stop asking me to be a girl?
I think never, or at least in this conservative world.
Apr 8
Apr 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
When they see me,
I look like a girl,
But am I really?
I lower my voice,
change my name,
wear baggy clothes,
Am I still a She?
What can I expect?
That's all they would ever really see me,
I stopped wearing makeup,
Stopped wearing skirts,
I stopped using "feminine" language,
But why can't I just be me?
I tell them I am a boy,
I feel confident in my identity,
But this makes me doubt it,
The encounters I have,
Bit by Bit,
When will these doubts stop?
When will they stop asking me to be a girl?
I think never, or at least in this conservative world.
This is my experience as a trans man.
