I wash my face as I do every day but, this time the bruises form even faster than last time. I tell myself that this is my new normal thanks to my mom moving us to this shithole. This is my own Lian Yu, or as it translates in Chinese "Purgatory".
I turn off the TV as it plays the last scene from my favorite show "Arrow". I relate to Oliver who is the main character because we are both stuck on a damn island that continues to torture us. His was a literal island and mine is my life.
My name is Damien or as I want to be called Dinah, I'm 18 and I am transgender. I know what some of you are thinking "Oh this is just another perverse story that weirdos get off to." and you would be wrong. This is simply me telling you the journey I went through to be who I am today.
"I'm out to school ma!" I yell downstairs to my mother who is just leaving for work. It's always been me and my ma ever since I could remember. My dad walked out on us before I could even talk and ever since then I have been around my ma's side and she's been there for me.
"Make sure to take your lunch with you D!"
I ran out of the house, racing to school just making it by the bell. As I make my way to lunch when my tormentors: Dave, Trevor, and Steve arrive.
"Hey queer what's for lunch today!" He snatches the bag from me as I try to push past them and reach for my bag.
"Give it back Trevor!" I yell in panic as I try to reach for it again.
He opens it to discover all of the makeup that I bought this weekend and dumps the kit in the trash. Then as usual they proceeded to beat my ass for the sixth time this week.
"See ya later tranny" Trevor says as he spits on my face for the second time today.
