To: Aaron From: Society

Society expects us to be what it wants: perfect. For those who don't meet those standards (which is everyone), they hear how horrible they are because they refuse to abide by those rules and how they should change themselves in order to not be outcasted from those who mostly fit this criteria (aka "normal" people). As a pansexual, feminine, female-to-male transgender, I have heard almost everyday of my life of who and what I'm supposed to be. In this poem, I have written what I hear from society the most in the order of what I heard first.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Homphobic slurs; Body shaming; Gender policing; Bullying