Identities

I’m Proud to Be Trans—but For Now Want to Feel Invisible

MY CHOICE

Due to rampant transphobia, Tat Bellamy-Walker feels for himself that being fully out “is not worth the risk” right now. Being partially perceived as cis is a “method of survival.”

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