Yesterday I witnessed a young trans* girl being publicly shamed and ridiculed for having a visible bulge in her skirt, so l said that I was going to publicly post a photo of me with my visible bulge just to prove a f*ing point, that whether you're tucked or untucked - you're still a woman!

Trans* women are held to a higher standard than cis women, and society as a whole makes us feel like we have to constantly try and prove to them STRANGERS, that we are ‘real women’. We try our best to look as passable as we can, just so we can fit in amongst the cis society that don't even see us as equal human beings regardless of our physical appearance. We don't need to try and fit in when we were ALL born to stand out and live an authentic and happy life! We are who we are, we love who we are and we were born this way! Being transgender is NOT a choice!

Ok, we all see the elephant in my photo, no pun intended... but now look up at my face, you see a woman, right? Good. Because even if I have my bulge out like this, or if you see a trans* woman on the street with a visible bump or bulge in her pants, she still identifies as a WOMAN and a bump or bulge doesn't make her ANY LESS of a woman!

Even if you don't like or know a person, you should at least respect that they are also a human being doing everything they can to live a good and happy life... and just so you know, unless you're a trans* woman or a drag queen, you have NO idea how hard, uncomfortable and painful it is to tuck.
#freethebulge