How to tell a trans person they are beautiful.
Don’t do it right after I disclose to I am trans and you thought I was cis
Don’t do it with a condition that I shouldn’t change my body
Don’t expect me to believe you
Because I won’t
I can’t
There’s too many messages throughout the day that tell me
That my voice isn’t pretty
That girls with facial hair are ugly
That my junk disgusts them
Tell me I’m beautiful
and I’ll politely say thank you
Tell me I’m beautiful again
and I’ll say I know
But I still can’t feel it
It only goes skin deep
Tell me that I am beautiful,
I always have been and always will be
Say it so much that I can’t just brush it off
Say it with enough conviction
That the next time I see myself naked
That the words
You are beautiful are tattood across my flat chest
Catch me by surprise,
Tell me I’m beautiful when I’m not expecting you to
When I’m not trying to be anything but myself
Don’t tell me I’m beautiful because I’m passing as something I’m not
Tell me because I am exactly who I am
Whether I like it or not
Let me know that I am beautiful
no matter what
