This First Person article is written by Kael Reid, who lives in Guelph, Ont. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
For a split second, an electric current of anger jolted through me.
I had just received an ecstatic text message from a young trans friend in Calgary. He had undergone top surgery — the gender-affirming removal of breast tissue coupled with surgical contouring to masculinize the chest. His message was quickly followed by a photo of his naked, newly flat, sculpted chest followed by a string of exclamation marks.
Of course, I didn’t share my initial response
