Not despite being trans. But simply because they’re them.
And then there was his older sister, Morgan. my best friends ts sister
For years, “Morgan” was just a title to me. Jake’s sister. She existed in the periphery—coming home from work, stealing the remote, yelling at us to turn down the music. I knew she was trans, but back then, my brain filed that away as simply Jake’s sister who is trans. I didn’t ask questions. Not because I was unkind, but because I was uninformed. I treated her with polite distance, afraid that if I said the wrong thing, I’d lose my best friend. Not despite being trans
We all have that one friend’s house we basically lived at in high school. For me, it was Jake’s place. Video games in the basement, stolen snacks from the pantry, and the comfortable chaos of a family that wasn’t mine. For years, “Morgan” was just a title to me
How letting go of assumptions led me to one of the most genuine connections of my life.
I hesitated. But I went in.
Here’s a blog post draft based on the title Title: My Best Friend’s TS Sister: An Unexpected Friendship I Didn’t See Coming