I fin­ish up part three of the dis­cus­sion of pass­ing, cov­er­ing ​“pass­ing priv­i­lege” and the inter­sec­tion­al fac­tors that can influ­ence this- includ­ing income, fam­i­ly, and the desire to tran­si­tion med­ical­ly in a way that leaves you bet­ter able to ​“pass” (be per­ceived as a mem­ber of your gen­der, usu­al­ly because you are also assumed to be a cis­gen­der per­son of that gender).

Trans youth are able to tran­si­tion ear­li­er and ear­li­er, and if they do they are more like­ly to have pass­ing priv­i­lege than peo­ple who do not. This is lead­ing to a divide among the trans com­mu­ni­ty of peo­ple who have or do not have privileges.