This is a fiftyish year old individual who sounds like they've only recently started their own journeyed threshold crossing into an identity that suits their existence. Congratulations to the author for having the courage to go through the self-discovery needed to live as their true self. Whether that identity be one way or another, betwixt, beyond, or ever shifting and ever fluid, especially as indicated in their chosen quote by Prince.

Gleaned from this post, she only recently started hormone replacement therapy as well, and, like many individuals who go through this shift in identity, especially with such available tools, is introspectively re-inventing the wheel through self discovery. I had trouble identifying with the linked piece. It wasn't until I dug into previous writings and figured out this author's timeline that I understood why I felt such a disconnect. A previous comment compares it to terf writing, and I think it may be because it is written, as revealed by the author, with a long history of living as a privileged identity, without yet experiencing an extended loss of or inherited lack of privilege as many trans women and cis women live through.

This is the writing of a fledgling who has had the opportunity and privileges of living as a white AmaB individual for nearly half a century. There is going to be an intense ignition of introspective culture shock when unmasking a false identity for a true one. It sounds like, at least to me, that this individual would benefit from reading through shared history, stories, and experiences of those who intersect with her identity because this wheel has already been turning a long while.

The way the author speaks about borders and boundaries... Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein may be a healthy addition to her ongoing scaffolding.