EMMETT
WISCONSIN| SERIES # 4
When I was born, the doctor announced that my mom had given birth to a perfectly healthy baby boy. After examining closer, the doctor told my parents apparently, I was a girl. But, If you fast forward my life about sixteen years, I've made it pretty clear that the doctor was right the first time.
For the first eleven years of my life I feel like I was an average girl. I wore pink, and dresses, and was perfectly content with who I was. Then I remember the part of my life when puberty hit me with a truck, and I suddenly felt so uncomfortable with myself. I didn't know what to do.
For a long time I resented being trans. I felt so separated from my peers. Once I started meeting other queer people, they began educating me on the history of my trans siblings. I realized being so open with my identity was brave and that I was lucky to have the privilege to do so.
I am now proud of my identity and feel like I'm part of a community who loves me. I hope every LGBT+ person would experience the same journey as me, in learning to accept themselves and also being accepted by others. Unfortunately, that doesn't always happen, so we all have to stay strong and keep on fighting.
