This is the stance I’ve decided to take. I get to be selfish about this, I get to decide what happiness is to me, and I don’t have to justify it to anybody. They’re not me and they don’t have to live in my body. I’m just gonna transition without any input from anybody else because nothing any naysayer has ever said has been helpful.

Edit: and I don’t need to explain or declare my transition, either. “Because I’m a woman,” should be plenty explanation enough and I won’t hear any word about it.