I was talking with another one of my transrace friends today and she is in her early stages of taking melanin. She’s working on writing down all of the information she can about this process and she has talked a lot with me about it so eventually we can share this information with the world so other transrace people wanting to get darker can know what to expect.

She told me today she talked with a guy who’s done melanin injections since like 2012 that he became black from it and get this: people didn’t treat him that bad, and omg that makes me so happy. She told me people were surprised by it but that’s the main reaction he got. This makes me really hopeful that acceptance is closer than we think, and that maybe myself and others can safely transition sooner! That just makes me so happy and hopeful for the future. I’m sure there will be challenges, but it seems that maybe we will be safe. Though if you do start to change race, be careful 💕 just in case, because you are loved. :3

I knew I was transrace for a very long time at this point. But it wasn’t until like 2022 or so that I actually met an online community. In fact there really wasn’t one until then. And trust me, I looked. Back when I first realized I was trace I didn’t know anything about how the world would feel about it other than the tiny bit of info I knew about Rachel dolezal, and that fiasco with her was only less than a year before. It was like 2016 and I was 15 when I realized it but I felt out of place with my identity since I was like 12. I was nervous and alone for so long, and for about a year I went into denial about who I was because I was scared. I didn’t want to face the world or what people might think, but I am feeling a little better now that I have friends who are like me. I still have major challenges and a lot of fear, and I really need to stop caring so much about what tracephobes think of me, but I’m getting better and healing by the day. To all my friends, thank you for being there