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Gender Affirming Care by Nikki Grierson
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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 worry about that, just keep having fun” 
But I stopped wearing shorts 
In the days that came with sun 
And at night I would toss, and I would turn 
For me, gender affirming care had most certainly begun

Now it’s triggered 
It was here to stay 
If I was becoming a woman 
I had to look a certain way 
Clothing now more important 
Than the games I used to play 
I started to wish for boobs 
I even began to pray! 

Eventually we all had bras 
And fruity glossy lips 
But then came something else 
I wanted those womanly hips! 
Society was infecting me 
With its binary gender grips 

And here we are today 
Things have gotten worse 
As filtered fake images 
Keep our hands in our pink purse 
Then those trying to demonise
Those who want to live free, diverse 
Assuming those who are different 
Are nothing but perverse 
Helping to maintain the patriarchal curse

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