Where was the Transgender lobby when I was praying to God to fix me when I was 6 years old. Moreover, if knowing trans people (or any LGBTQ people) is the prerequisite for conversion, how the hell did I know that I should have been female at the age of 6 in a rural Pennsylvania town that had no LGBTQ people to speak of. I agree that seeing other LGBTQ thrive as their authentic selves is powerful stuff. For as much as I loathe Caitlyn Jenner, I thinking her courage to transition so late in life gave me the courage to embrace the girl I came to know at such a young age.

So it goes that preventing your child’s transition means eradicating their role models; those pegged as the “Trans Lobby.” But killing us won’t save the children, it’ll be just continue their enslavement, suffering, ideation, addictions, and deaths. How very benevolent of those Anti-Trans advocates.

My own mother has expressed regret for her inability to address my gender at more critical times in my development. To her credit, I was too scared to share these feelings with her at that time. It was during the AIDS crisis, and being seen as gay carried a stigma I couldn’t bare to face. So I hid, repressed, ideated, attempted suicide (twice), became an alcoholic, but eventually admitted the issue that caused my self-destruction; I AM TRANSGENDER, and I always was! No lobby convinced me of this, people being brave enough to publicly proclaim their identity inspired me to take charge of my own life; A sovereignty that all kids deserve.