Compassion for the Ignorant
It is not an exaggeration to see how special we are. We transgender women have much to show the world. Ever time we walk about in public, we are communicating a reality especially to those that have yet to see us with open eyes. We seem to almost always get the same reaction from strangers. People will either love us or hate us. For those that hate us and look at us with disgust, it is especially important that we do not reflect their despise. People that do not understand us and may even hate us need our help, because they are in a perilous way. Their display of prejudice is a display of a disconnected mind, and this is where we can step in with the hopes of helping them change their dangerous ways. This is our golden opportunity to be a beacon for humanity. That’s what makes us so potentially wonderful, not that we are transgender necessarily, but that we can serve as beacons of light because we can seem so different to people that do not know us. It may seem an inflated ideal to thi...