'When forces larger than us try to break our spirit, we can respond as forcefully and effectively with joy as we can with anger, defiance, and protest.'
Like 4.5 million other TikTok users, I've recently become enamored with Dylan Mulvaney, a spritely Los Angeles-based performer who came out earlier this year as a transgender woman. In her"Days of Girlhood" video series, Dylan charts her own gender exploration with some typical milestones—getting her nails done, trying new makeup styles—and some less typical ones—talking hair with Jonathan Van Ness, appearing in ads for Kate Spade.
Trans joy, in particular, can be revolutionary in and of itself. Before and after leaving the closet, many trans people are surrounded by alarms about the dangers we may face—some real, some imagined, and some more telling about cisgender people's anxieties than they are of actual risks we face.
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