can we like… not make fun of queer kids with alternative styles anymore?

zerostravels:

00queer:

like, one possible reason for why so many trans people, especially young trans people, get fancy haircuts or haircolors, piercings or tattoos, or all of the above or a mixture of some of it…

is that that’s a way we can take control over our bodies. change them in a way we want to. get a feeling that they actually belong to us.

honestly, the feeling i had after having got a tattoo was such a relief – i was overjoyed! and looking back, it did actually reduce my dysphoria. not necessarily in a way i really noticed right away at the time, but definitely in a way i can notice when i look back at it.

when hormones and surgeries are constantly gatekept from us, making small changes like these to our bodies can be a really empowering thing.

so it’s really disheartening to see it constantly being made fun of.

Altering your body in general, in a way you find beautiful, is incredibly liberating.