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Lynn
@lynnloheide

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“God made trans people for the same reason they made wheat but not bread, and grapes but not wine. So that humanity might share in the act of creation.” - J Jarboe . Transitioning has been one of the most empowering, healing, and freeing things I have ever done. To take my body into my own hands, and sculpt it into what I wanted it it to be. To have a hand in my own creation. I had tasted some of this euphoria in getting piercings and tattoos, cutting and coloring my hair. But none of that held a candle to taking hormones, to watching my body literally grow into what it was always meant to be. The act of transitioning is a difficult one, it requires medications, needles, injections, and surgeries for many of us. It’s more than just sculpting clay, we must tear apart our own skin and stitch it back together in our own image. This process is often demonized or at a minimum viewed as an undesirable side effect of the process. But as someone deeply entrenched in the world of body modification, someone who has always looked at the act of bleeding as sacred, as celebration, as ritual, this element of transitioning spoke to me. I welcomed the kiss of the needle filled with little hormones, I celebrated the scalpel and the suture as tools of the divine. Little pills were my eucharist, holy as they passed over my tongue. I love this part of transitioning, I am honored to be trans so I can partake in this beautiful act of creation. . Special thanks to @sketchy.skelly for volunteering his body as a canvas for this, and sharing this intimate experience with you. And to @tylerdeterman for documenting the entire process. . To see more of this shoot, check out the video footage on my YouTube. To purchase prints from this project, check out the divine alchemy link in my bio. . #playpiercing #trans #transgender #transisbeautiful #piercer #piercing #pierced