Trail Blazers and Coattails are not fashion terms

Last night I was talking about the struggle. The fight for my rights as a transgender man, both with my state and my country.

My counselor said to me "From what I know about you, you are a trail Blazer. You don't have the luxury of the benefits of riding the coattails of those who have come before you." He followed by saying something to the effect of me being the one blazing the trail.

I let those words sink in. I felt movement in my soul. A reminder that this is who I was created to be. God placed me here, in this time, in this body, in this fight. He never promised it would be easy. In fact He said "In this world you will have struggles" But He also promised to never leave for forsake me.

Today as I am tired and my body feels beaten, and my emotions are pretty shot, I am claiming these truths and promises.