I Will Not Be Silenced

I am transgender
I do not identify as my birth sex
I am nonbinary
My gender does not fall within the binary
I am agender
Never have I experienced this thing called gender

Hate me until your face turns red
Throw derogatory slurs in my face
I will not shatter like a porcelain doll

I will not be silenced

I have gender dysphoria
Crippling and life-shattering\
I received gender affirming care
A beacon of hope amid the darkness
I got top surgery
A procedure that saved my life

Say that I butchered my body
Say that I am mentally deranged and deluded
I refute that, for I am beautiful, radiant

I will not be silenced

I am queer
Not apart of heteronormative society
I am aro
I do not experience romantic attraction
I am ace
I do not experience sexual attraction

You spit venom and vitriol in my face
You deny my existence, my reality
I will not cower in fear or feel shame 

I will not be silenced

I am neurodivergent
I have a differently wired brain
I am autistic
I communicate uniquely
I am ADHD
I forgot what I wanted to say

Misunderstand me with your ableist thoughts
Try and make me conform to your allistic ways
I will stim freely; I will embrace my true self

I will not be silenced