As a trans person, identity is something that’s always felt particularly important not just in defining me as who I want to be, but in issues of equality and security.

I struggle with needing to drop my identity in order to be real. Can you explain?

A: This is a thoughtful question that touches on a critical distinction between two different levels of identity, which often get tangled: social identity and psychological identification.

Identity as a social coordinate and identity as psychological selfhood are two very different things.

Every character in the dream has descriptors. Male. Female. Trans.…