The urge of people right now to normalize what's happening intellectually makes sense to me but is also so upsetting. None of this is normal. None of this has been seen before (or at least, not in America).

As a trans stuck here without a passport it's scary, but the fact that so many otherwise intelligent people are constantly at the ready to tell me it isn't, is terrifying.

It's gaslighting. It's emotional invalidation. About the most serious and dangerous things.

Of course it's terrifying. It terrifies me, and I am not as vulnerable as you. I wish you luck.