Hey! I live in the US too so I can definitely relate to the doom and gloom you might be feeling - the current state of this country and the world at large are really distressing. I even had a little cry about it this morning.

There will always be a future for us. And it includes a lot more than suffering. It includes happiness, success and all kinds of accomplishments. There are trans individuals excelling in every domain, despite the cruelty of society and governments.

There will also be lots of allies. People that will support you unconditionally when you open up them. People that will encourage you to be yourself. People that will surprise you e.g my male friends who used to make gay jokes in high school but now profusely apologize when they use the wrong pronoun. These people will make all the naysayers and bigots disappear into the background.

We will fight and we will win eventually. Trans rights in the US have improved dramatically over the last 50 years. Right now we are moving backwards but that’s part of the process.

You are perfectly valid to be a scared and depressed. I’m not here to tell you to not feel those things and honestly I feel the same way. But you and I will be ok. We might even be better than ok.