Bad Transgender (Flash Fiction)

    TW FOR TRANSPHOBIA AND VIOLENCE AND BRIEF MENTION OF A MENTAL HOSPITAL

    also yes I am trans

    I saw Charlie beat up a trans kid today.
    The kid was crying, begging him to stop. They had to rip Charlie off of him, as Charlie was screaming for the kid to have never been born, calling them a tranny.
    Charlie is at the psych ward now.
    They put him in the girls section.
    I know why.
    I know exactly why.
    Charlie was my girlfriend in 9th grade.
    I wanted to rip his skin off.
    He was an asshole, he was always yelling and screaming at the trans kids.
    He told me it was because of his parents. He told me it was because his mom said it was bad.
    He said it was horrible, that god didn’t want this for them.
    I told him that it made me very uncomfortable, what the fuck Charlie? I told you I was born a boy.
    He told me to go to hell.
    I loved him.
    I truly did.
    broke my arm the next day.
    It was in a parking lot, late at night. He told me that the birds were watching him. ‘I swear to god’ he said. He cursed like a sailor.
    I tried to hold out my left arm to calm him down.
    It snapped like a twig.
    He apologized.
    Then told me to go to hell.
    I Screamed at him that night,
    He slapped me. Called me a bitch.
    He told me he was a boy the next day.
    I told him to go to hell.
    He said he’s already going.