Originally posted October 12, 2013
Every trans person deals with their past in a different way. Some revel in it, some attempt to erase it completely, but most fall somewhere in-between those two extremes.
When I came out publicly, I made a new Facebook profile. I don’t shy away from photos that show me before I began my transition, or those that show my more “feminine” body. That said, I had been on Facebook for nearly a decade when I came out, and I didn’t want the “old” me to overwhelm the image of the “new” me. So, I created a new account.
But, I am who I am today because of who I was yesterday, and a year ago, and a decade ago. And I think it’s important to show people where I came from so that they can better understand how I got where I am. To help with that, I’d like to occasionally post some older portraits of myself that I feel truly showed me as I wanted to be seen in that moment.
