Someone asked me how I knew I was trans and honestly, I didn’t and still don’t.
What I know is that I started exploring my gender expression and found a lot of joy in it. I took a thousand little steps that felt right deep in my bones. A thousand steps each of which finally felt like getting closer to whatever my true gender expression looks like.
In the end, once I stepped far enough from the box I had been put in, society labeled me as trans. This is a label I have accepted to find others who have been on this journey.
In the end I’m trans because it’s an accurate label. I didn’t realize I was trans, I just realized I needed to start being more me.