Gender Affirming Care by Nikki Grierson
Gender Affirming Care
Nikki Grierson
When I was a girl
Little flurries of hair
Began to sprout
Here and there
At first I didn’t notice
But then something made me care
What if other people see,
Will they point and stare?
This worry, grew in my mind
As I studied the weekly magazine
Where cover girls were smooth
Their skin had a beautiful sheen
Was I a “proper girl”
Like those in “Just Seventeen”
So I began to study
The art of hair removal
Wanting so badly
To gain my peers approval
As to be accepted as a woman
Becoming hairless seemed crucial
Of course I was told
“You are far too young”
“Don’t…
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