As a trans-woman, it’s such an awful feeling to be a part of this world, and yet be so disconnected from it. To watch your friends and family experience the joys and heartbreaks that life throws, and not be a part of it because you feel as though the world isn’t ready to accept you. For many years, I felt that disconnection until I learnt that being myself meant that I was transgender. At the age of twenty, I began to transition and I’ve never looked back.
As an Indian trans-woman from a Muslim community, it’s difficult to be yourself when you’re expected to act and sound a certain way. You can’t be who you truly are under someone else’s rules, regardless of who is dictating these rules. Being a part of this world means existing as your truest self. I grew up being taught the ways of Islam; however, I chose not to follow the religion as I wanted to search within myself for the answers I needed to questions I was too afraid to ask.
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