Gaslighting is "a form of mental abuse in which false information is presented with the intent of making victims doubt their own memory, perception, and sanity" (from Wikipedia).
For us trans folks, the entire world collaborated on one giant gaslighting campaign for our entire pre-transition life. Everything in the world that we could perceive (even our own bodies!) told us that we were not who we knew we were. It is incredible to me that trans folk can break this cycle. And yet we do, time after time.
This just speaks volumes to me of how powerful our inner knowledge of our own gender really is. We can still suss out who we are, despite decades of constant mental abuse.
Post-transition gender gaslighting is not going to change our perceptions. Because we know strongly enough who we are that no amount of it could sway us from transition.
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