hey y'all its Zoey and in today's video I
want to point out some real important
issues within the trans community and
basically I want to talk about the harsh
reality of being transgender.
so I feel like in the media lately
especially here on YouTube being
transgender what people view it as is
some type of glamorous lifestyle you
know basically once you have
transitioned into this man or woman you
were meant to be... life is glamorous and
it's so happy once you get to this point
and getting there is no problem
unfortunately that is not always the
case and some trans people have to
suffer a lot more than others. so I
basically wanted to make this video to
discuss the real issues of being
transgender and just discuss the
struggle we have to go through every day.
it takes a lot of bravery to be
transgender and to go through your
transition.
so let's jump into some of
the key topics and issues of being trans.
gender identity
I can't make anyone
understand what it's like to wake up in
the wrong body. for someone who is not
transgender, you will not ever understand
this so I can only explain it to some
extent for you to sympathize with us but
waking up to a body that does not match
your mind is very difficult. I mean that
is not even a word to begin to describe
the depression and the self-doubt a
trans person has to go through every day
when they wake up and they realize they
are not in the right body
along with a gender identity
you know there is a high
suicide rate because not a lot of people
admit that they are trans or they are too
scared to undergo a transition, so they commit
suicide and the percentage of suicides
in teen trans is unacceptable, it's way
too high and I feel like if we bring
awareness to the community and if
society starts viewing us as regular people
trans people will not be as afraid to
come out and the suicide rate eventually will drop and that is what
needs to happen.
passability
"passing" as a transgender person is one of the most
concerns of a transgender person.
the influences of "passing" from a society
standpoint is really unethical and it's
so depressing and it's just so
discouraging with someone's decides to
transition and they feel like they can't
"pass" or be viewed as the gender they're
supposed to be because the outside
society world says you don't fit this
criteria. it is so discouraging
any fellow trans people out there, please do
not let negative influences you
determine your transition. please do not!
because it really breaks my heart when a
trans person comes to me for advice, is like, "I don't look like my authentic...
gender because of what someone said or 
because of how society views me".
"I can't transition"
regardless of
the stereotype of passibility
everyone transitions differently
be happy you are in the day of age where
you can transition and even though
society is still closed minded, do not
let a negative ugly hearted person bring
you down because you aren't looking or
acting up to par of how they feel a
trans person should act or look
okay? I love you!
I think you are beautiful and we, we
can be whoever we want to be
this is America, this is the 21st century, this is the world we live in today and do not
let them interfere with your happiness.
healthcare
healthcare I think should be
the biggest issue in the trans community
and LGBT community in general.
being transgender specifically and having
the right health insurance for you to
undergo your transition is very rare and
it's very difficult to obtain at least
here in the United States.
for one, you have to go to a specific hormone doctor
which is called an endocrinologist and
not all endocrinologist have experience
with transgender people so they can
technically provide you the hormones but
they don't necessarily know what to
prescribe and the amount to prescribe for
a trans person to smoothly transition
and for the hormones to adapt naturally
in their body. if you're not one of those
lucky trans people who live in a
metropolitan area, then finding this
doctor can be really really difficult
and it's a lot of struggle and there
needs to be more awareness of the
community and especially more awareness
of the struggle to get health care
coverage for trans people so it is
easier for us to obtain the certain
coverage so we can smoothly undergo our
transition.
 
I feel if there's more LGBT clinics or if there's
more resources for trans people to get
the health coverage they need, there
won't be this issue and there won't be
this huge anxiety of trans people
thinking that "I can't get coverage."
"how am I supposed to get coverage?" "when can I start my transition?"
so really I think
health care is a big big issue and we
need to change our health care coverage
so trans people can transition a lot
more smooth
hormones, in my opinion
hormones make any transitions a lot
easier
it is another step, it is that next step
for you as a trans person to feel like
you are your authentic self
right now I am on no hormones
I am fully on testosterone
this is how I was born, how my hormones are developing
in my body is from a natural born male.
and I will say it's being on estrogen..
is so much easier.
how I look, how I act and
just how I feel every day
when I am on hormones
is 100% better and the quality
of life is 100% better
being one hormones than being off
hormones
I will say that so...
its a true struggle when you are a trans person
like myself and you can't get the
hormones in time and you can't get the
hormones because of health coverage
issues even if you live in a big city
like I do, there is still such a huge
issue with the health care system and
being trans
I can't advocate that or
can't stress that enough.
however there
is a lot of side side effects of
hormones there's a lot of mood swings
every person you know like I keep saying
will differ from these effects it is a
drastic change, these changes are not
what you're used to but ultimately they
will be better in the long run because
you will feel at your authentic self
coming out
coming out of transgender
coming out in general whether you're gay lesbian bisexual
whatever you identify as... coming out a
transgender is one of the most hardest
experiences a trans person has to endure
the self-doubt you have to go through
the what ifs that goes through your mind
will my friend accept me? will my family abandon me?
how are people going to view me?
it is so hard, I can't even describe
really in words
of how hard and how stressful it is for
a trans person to come out
a lot of trans people's lose friends and lose family
it is so unfortunate that
trans people can lose someone they think
is so close to them and for those close
people just to walk away from them
because they come out that they are
trans
it happens every day
it is not okay
at the end of the day we are human
if that is your family, accept your
family for who they are!
wouldn't you rather your family be happy?
instead of miserable and depressed?
I mean cant we all relate to that?
everyone wants to be happy. everyone wants to feel true to themselves.
there is a lot of negative influence in the world
but you will be happier in the end if you come out
do not get discouraged of coming
out and be your true self because
you deserve to do this. you deserve to be
happy.
okay so I want to wrap this video up
i hope I touched some key topics that
y'all were interested in hearing and for
my fellow trans people, I hope I brought
in the light of real trans issues that
we have to face every day.
in essence,
life in general is not easy it's a
struggle to live, life is a struggle but
being transgender just makes it that much harder
never forget where you
come from, never forget your past
live life to the fullest and be your
authentic self. be as happy as you can be
because life is too short not to.
so yeah
I hope you enjoy this video, if you can
relate to anything I said
please let me know in the link below and
if there's any key topics that you think
I should make a separate video on like
health care or hormones or passibility
let me know I will make a specific video
on that specific topic. please share this
video we need to bring more awareness to
our community and share this video if
you were inspired by this video if you
have a fellow trans person or a person
you know
lgbt community who needs a little help or
who just wants a little bit of
encouragement show them this video
because i really just want to help
everyone and just kind of bring
happiness in everyone's day of life as
much as i can... so i hope you enjoy this
video and stay tuned for more
T-dubs!
