Episode Summary

In this life update, Rae reflects on the overwhelming middle of transition: preparing for gender confirmation surgery, handling legal transition paperwork, balancing teaching responsibilities, running a daily trans history countdown, and trying to stay grounded through it all.

This episode is about the reality behind transition milestones. Life does not pause for surgery prep, document changes, work deadlines, emotional check-ins, or dysphoria. Rae talks openly about nervousness, support, self-evaluation, and the difference between doubt and healthy fear before a major life-changing step.

She also reflects on erasure, why trans history matters, and the strange emotional weight of realizing that some parts of transition are not endless. Some forms get submitted. Some documents change. Some appointments happen. Som ...