i was trafficked as a boy, and when I started talking about it right around the time I transitioned, nobody cared - I also was later sexually assaulted post-transition, and nobody cared then either because I lived in a red state and I was a "man in a dress", to them.
this article hits home. I live every day with the weight of this and even supposed professionals don't give a damn about talking about the trafficking despite it being one of the single most formative traumatic events in my long life filled with many.
I am almost 40 and still crushed by what happened to me when I was 17.
You matter. No matter the darkness and shame forced on you. You always mattered. The shame is on them only. Praying for the peace and healing you so deserve.
This needs more attention, thank you for bringing up this topic.
i was trafficked as a boy, and when I started talking about it right around the time I transitioned, nobody cared - I also was later sexually assaulted post-transition, and nobody cared then either because I lived in a red state and I was a "man in a dress", to them.
this article hits home. I live every day with the weight of this and even supposed professionals don't give a damn about talking about the trafficking despite it being one of the single most formative traumatic events in my long life filled with many.
I am almost 40 and still crushed by what happened to me when I was 17.
You matter. No matter the darkness and shame forced on you. You always mattered. The shame is on them only. Praying for the peace and healing you so deserve.