I am not trans because I’m traumatized
I was traumatized by others because I’m trans.
6 min readApr 9, 2021
I grew up in a particularly religious household, where homosexuality was regarded as practically worse than murder. My mother, who is by all accounts a lovely woman after some significant mellowing out in recent years, raised my brothers and me with a hefty dose of religious fear. We were taught early that sinning meant…