I'm a Trans MMA Fighter. I Refuse to Be the Bigger Person
newsweek.comEnter the Dragon cut me to the core as if with the knives embedded in his prosthetic hand: "It is strength that makes all other values possible.
Nothing survives without it. Who knows what delicate wonders have died out of the world, for want of the strength to survive."Somehow, I still got it wrong.
After years of being told I had to stand up for myself; after being promised that such bravery would be rewarded, it just...
wasn't.When I put an end to what felt like the hundredth assault by two boys that lived next door by taking a bite of Toby's leg and bouncing a fist-sized rock off the top of Jeffrey's skull, I wasn't rewarded with the accolades I was promised.It didn't matter that my ribs were bruised and my eye was black and my lip was split from when they'd jumped me the day before.
