Being transgender is really funny because in my head I’m my brother’s…well, brother. But I’m his sister now! And that’s both fascinating and also really weird. Because my relationship with him for like 22 years was based on being his “brother” and now that’s weird because it’d be untrue to say that I am. I like the idea of being his sister though; it’s exciting! I’m a woman now! But it also feels weird to me to think of being a sister in place of a brother. Maybe it’s not that being a sister is new. Maybe I’m a girl but I’m still his brother? Maybe I’m a very brotherly-sister. It feels very “Am I a Man or A Muppet” sometimes, haha.
I am my brother’s sister. But I was also his brother! And I don’t want to abandon that; I LIKE being his brother. Maybe I can still be both.