being trans is a phase
in the same way being a painter is a phase
you start doodling in the margins of your writing and then you realize you need a bigger canvas
that doesn’t mean you aren’t a writer anymore
it does mean developing new expressive techniques and aesthetic sensibilities
and maybe you’ll find that painting is the only modality for you, and that you’ll be a painter for the rest of your life
but it’s more likely that you’ll primarily identify as a cubist/impressionist/whateverthefuck artist (one who happens to use paint)
or a sculptor whose style is very informed by the years they spent painting
or maybe youll go right back to writing and never think about painting again
who cares if it’s a phase?