Once you realize that you are a victim, and there is really not much you could have done to prevent any of that from happening, then you become a survivor. I suppose to some degree I still feel like both.

It was sort of a fear of not being believed, because I'm a trans woman. And at that point in my life, I had only really just started the transition. And here we are a year later.

If there are other trans people listening, any other non binary people, anybody, on the gender spectrum. You're not alone.

I am a woman. I know I may not look it still. I'm on my way. Knowing that much makes me feel alive. Resilient. A little more In tune with nature.

I am this mighty vixen, this female just surfing through the waves of the world. Hanging out with nature, just breathing in the same air as everybody else, every living creature. You know, we are all alive together.