How to Develop Body Trust When Trans

Actively listening to our bodies and what they’re trying to tell us often seems impossible, especially in 2025 when transgender⁠ (transgender: Describes people who find that the gender applied to them because of the sex they were assigned at birth is incorrect.) and nonbinary⁠ (nonbinary: A gender identity that is outside the gender binary. Enby is the phonetic spelling of “NB,” and is a shorthand word for nonbinary.) people and our bodies are under attack. But even in this painful historical moment, we can still learn to trust our bodies and our relationship⁠ (relationship: An ongoing interaction or association with another person, place or thing.) with them.

We’ve learned from history that it’s impossible to hide from hate, so living authentically is the best way to resist it. We also recognize that that’s easier said than done. In a world where trans and nonbinary embodiment is defined as ideology rather than biology, how can we learn to trust our bodies and their internal messages of gender dysphoria⁠ (gender dysphoria: Discomfort with an assigned sex, or feeling like ones assigned sex or body doesn’t match wih ones’ gender.) , instead of silencing them, so that we can live authentically?