I Support You But Don’t Acknowledge You

C Kelly
3 min readSep 19, 2019

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Photo by Kinga Cichewicz on Unsplash

Why I want to acknowledge transwomen when I see them in public — but don’t — and an apology.

I wasn’t looking for her, or anyone else like her. I was tuning out to the sound of my friend whining about online dating. I looked up to see her coming down the stairs. Her shoulders were hunched, her head down, her eyes on her flat boots…

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C Kelly

Tied to a desk job but at heart a writer by day and night. Writing about things I am passionate about. Studying BA in English Lit & Creative Writing.