In the time it took for me to take this bathroom selfie at least 40 grand was spent on raising money for a student emergency fund so that’s pretty cool
Hi y’all, I have some important news! I don’t think this is really a surprise for most of you, but I wanted to make it common knowledge. To get the main points out of the way: I’m trans!
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I’m non-binary, which I have known for a long time. The update is really just that I have discovered that while I still don’t identify particularly with man or woman and certainly fall in the between, I lean much more into the femme side of gender. And so the word for what I am is Transfeminine. I have been using They/Them for many years now and that’s not changing! I have gone by Scout as a nickname for a longtime, and it has very much become default in some circles. Idk yet if that is something I want to change.
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For the last year+ I’ve been working with a therapist and have decided recently that in order for me to live my best life and live it for my own self, I needed to make some larger changes to my gender. I’ve been thinking about it daily for somewhere around 15 years now and I’m really over just thinking about it.
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So, 3 months ago, I started a process of transition. I started doing HRT, and started doing laser hair removal. Both will help me to feel a little more comfortable in my own skin. I’ve always been a bit queer when it came to how I dress, and this is really just going to help bring my body more in line with the me that I want to be. Life is too short not to make choices for yourself, and when you’ve been thinking about something as long as I’ve been thinking about this, you know it’s important.
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I’m still me, nothing about my personality is any different and there won’t be any drastic changes. Everything with HRT is slow and long term. I’m not going to get into what HRT is and what it does, there are plenty of resources out there that are much more informational and eloquent that I am!!! BUT if you have any honest questions, and are asking them in good faith, I will be more than happy to answer them!!
Thanks for ready, and much love 💖
✨Before: Shapeless, half dead, tangled mess, feels like straw
🌟After: Perfectly shaped, alive, thriving, still an aurora
💫Swipe to see the whole before and after
Shoutout to @kellymalita123 at @vaianiclarke for keeping the absolutely perfect streak going!! If there’s anyone I can count on to fix my wild hair adventures it’s always been her. (Promise I’ll come back more than once every year or two now though 😅)
