Transgender anarchism

Being transgender made me an anarchist.

& not just because being transgender exposed me directly to systematic oppression and state violence (which it did and that had an impact for sure).

In a more basic way my transgender experience taught me that when a part of reality that everyone tells me is fixed, feels fundamentally wrong, I can trust that feeling.

In an instinctive way the lie of ‘This is your gender’ doesn’t feel all that different from the lie of ‘This is the best society possible’.

I can question the reality that people tell me is as it should be, figure out the part that is wrong, and take steps to create a better reality. And though people with power will try to stop me, I do not really need anyone’s permission to do it.

That’s basically anarchism.