So, like, when cis people call us "brave" it's usually patronizing and not actually that fun to hear.
But, uh, we actually kind of fucking are?
It's a big deal to look at our bodies and structures of cultural assumption that've lasted thousands of years and say "ah, actually, no", and then act on that. To remake ourselves.
More than that, it's brave to look in the eye a society where half the people think we're an abomination and to say "fuck you, I'm proud of who I am."