As I meet and speak to more and more trans women, I'm struck by the familiarity and instant connection I have with them. I am one who has had very few close friends through my life. 2, 3, 4? And even these were limited in some way. Common interests, topics ... whatever. But always the conscious sense of a limit beyond which they could not pass, and a sense of projecting something false in myself.
But in the space of a year or so, with other trans women - INSTANT connection. The relationships vary. The level of friendship varies. But there is this connection that bypasses all my normal barriers. The experience is more than interesting - I'm noticing that it's freeing me somehow.
Who knew that NOT being unique could be so reassuring?