#100possiblesongs 13: What Is A Trans Person?

This is my attempt at making trans issues accessible to young children.

Some people have a feeling
And it often sends them reeling,
That their body isn’t suited to their brain
And they might feel shame or terror
When they look into a mirror
And the person looking back is not the same
As the way they feel inside.
They may think they have to hide
And that maybe it is easy to pretend
And to really try to be
What the other people see
But eventually the hiding has to end.
Because pretending all the time
Isn’t naughty, or a crime
But it hurts these people every single day
So they very often choose
As they’ve got nothing to lose
To be brave and tell the truth, and then they say
“Yes, my body’s like a boy’s
But inside me there’s a noise
And it’s telling me I’m not; I’m in a whirl.
Or “I know my body’s girly
And I should have said this earlier:
I don’t think I’m supposed to be a girl.”
It’s a worse idea by far
To try to alter who we are
Than to ask for help from doctors and our friends,
But if our body doesn’t fit
There are ways of changing it
And that can make the scary feeling end.
If you find that you enjoy
“Girly” things, and you’re a boy
That’s wonderful. It’s fine to just be you!
But if your head is in a whirl
Because you feel like a girl
There are other people feeling that way too.
There are some people who seem
To be sort of in-between
They aren’t girls and they aren’t boys. Maybe a mix.
Maybe both and maybe neither
They aren’t wrong or silly either
They’re non binary. Nobody’s playing tricks.
Whoever you might be
You will be ok with me
There is just one rule, and there has always been.
Make sure you always treat
All the people that you meet
As kindly as you can. Just don’t be mean!