Being Transgender Isn’t Political

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Simply existing as a trans person in a hostile society is not a revolutionary act.

I used to think it was. When my transition was just getting started, I immersed myself in the trans activist community. We told each other that merely by living, we were challenging the standards of a sexist world. Supposedly, men were one way and women another (and never the twain shall meet). But we were the bubblegum in…