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hello! my name is apollo and i am the owner and sole writer of the blog wildfire. my pronouns are they/he and i am a nonbinary person that is masculine leaning. when referring to me please avoid feminine language! i'm from the state of texas and am currently a sophomore in college.

7/10/2022hi guys it's apollo again, today is my first day in new york and tomorrow is my first official day at new york university! i was selected to participate in the simons science explorations program. i am so thankful for the coordinators of this program for picking me, i truly thought that i wouldn't get in. i was undermining my own past successes and my ability to do great things. my first day here is a sunday so there's no class yet. i walked around near the dorm i was staying. i went to muji for the first time, it was such a cool experience. i got boba. then i had dinner with my friend who is currently attending nyu! overall, it was a really good day and i'm glad to be here.

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being trans and going to collegehey everyone! its apollo here :)! today im gonna talk about how hard it is for transgender people to afford and approach college.as trans people, we already deal with an outrageous amount of barriers to affording college. some of us are too scared to even come out to our families for fear that we won't be accepted by the people that we thought loved us. one thing that i'm personally scared about is coming out to my family and then losing financial support from them. essentially, i am hiding my real self so that i can get some help from my parents to pay for college. i don't get much help from my parents financially because i don't want to get dependent on their money and i feel like once i come out, i'll lose any and all support that i have from them.

7/27/2022approaching college is another barrier on its own. a lot of transgender and nonbinary people fear being outcasted in friend groups when they come out. personally before i came out, i thought that my friends wouldn't accept and that's why it took me so long to come out to them. in college, having friends can make or break your entire college experience. having friends that accept me for who i am has really helped me feel like i'm going the right direction with my life. a lot of transgender people don't get that though, they're outcasted by their friends, their families, and their community. it's too common for transgender people to not have a supportive group of people that they can count on. going into college without that support is one of the scariest experiences a person can have.there is a lot of fear that transgender people have about affording and approaching college. all of their fears are completely valid as there are so many people that are rooting against them. they have so many barriers to face and there are just more to come.