I'm afraid of pickles

I can't possibly be a trans woman, I thought, I don't like pickles. I am simply not a pickle lady, and I will not be a pickle lady.

There were several fears going through my head as I stood at the cusp of transness. I weighed the pros, and the cons, and came to various conflicting conclusions about the inherent violence, discrimination, and sexism I would face. But, what scared me most—pickles.