You wanna talk about pride? I can't tell you how proud I am of my trans girl. She started hanging out with the little girls when she was in preschool, they would paint her nails and fix her makeup, and I would pick her up and she'd be in a play princess dress, asking to wear the ladybug next. Evidence faded over the years, I quietly waited and made sure anyone who said she was too effeminate because I was a single mom was silenced. That egg didn't crack until she was 18, and I was so proud.