Today I met up with two transfem friends of mine. I met them years ago at a trans youth group we attended. When I first met one of my friends she was also denying her transwomanhood and staying in the neutral 'I'm nonbinary but maybe it isn't going to be abig deal for me' stage, now she's 4 years on estrogen and wears her E bottle on a necklace, is getting electrolysis, and has a loving girlfriend who's also a transwoman. We talked today abt how around the time before the pandemic began, she was just beginning to realize that she was actually a woman, and it feels kind of profound to me that today I've read this little game about a similar person at the beginning of the journey my friend has been on for years now. While right wing politicians are always scary and shitty we also don't need their approval to build our happiness. Making these big changes, accepting that you are who you are, unlearning ideas about gender, is scary but each day it gets a little easier. You will find happiness. Nothing and nobody can take that from you.