How Transgender Women are Held to a Higher Standard

As a transgender woman, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about something that most women take for granted: What does it mean to be a woman? Having breasts? Carrying children? Long hair? Dating men? Having pink toys as a child?

Many women have some of these characteristics, but no woman I’ve met really has all of them. None of these characteristics are really a requirement. And while lots of women do not have them, they are still accepted as women.

So what about transgender women? These days, many people have accepted the idea of transgender women as women, but I’ve also noticed that only certain transgender women really get accepted as women.