me: [goes out to take advil for my headache]

my mom: but dont you understand that its hard for people to wrap their head around people they know being trans?? theyve seen you and known you as the gender you were born as and then when you present that way youre sending the wrong signal and its even harder so you cant be so hard on people who arent okay with-

me: yeah i know its hard for people but i would know, i meAN, i would think, that it would be a thousand times harder for the person its happening to who has struggled with their identity and then when theyre finally comfortable with it people tell them that that identity isnt valid and even worse that you have to look a certain way and put certain pieces of gendered fabric onto your body in order for them to even consider recognizing who you are instead of telling you that thats not right and theyre not okay with that and just having the whole world tell you that your identity must be validated by the people around you but not by you yourself and dont you think that that would be a harder thing

my mom: …….well see youre not listening to what im saying :///

me: [upset, goes back to my room. realizes that my head is fucking throbbing and i never got advil. mmm whatcha say plays]