Transgender art, literature, and media (from Pose to the memoirs of Janet Mock and the music of Kim Petras) often focuses on themes of becoming : the pain of dysphoria, the quiet joy of hormone replacement therapy, the bureaucracy of name changes, and the terror and relief of social transition. It is a culture of resilience, not just against external hatred, but against the feeling of wrongness within one's own body.
Transgender art, literature, and media (from Pose to the memoirs of Janet Mock and the music of Kim Petras) often focuses on themes of becoming : the pain of dysphoria, the quiet joy of hormone replacement therapy, the bureaucracy of name changes, and the terror and relief of social transition. It is a culture of resilience, not just against external hatred, but against the feeling of wrongness within one's own body.