Thank you all. I have been very busy today, well really this past week, getting into this shelter, I've become involved in a church as a volunter and will be giving out food this saturday. I was feeling really good, like a new outlook.
After hearing about this, I think about how i'm past the point where it even comes into being an issue. I'm glad people don't even question it anymore and just see me as I really am, a woman. But now, I think maybe I shouldn't hide the fact that i'm transgender. Maybe I should put feelers out there and make myself known for the sake of those like Leelah. I mean, she lived not very far from where I am.
She could have kept this secret for just alittle while longer, picked a better moment when she had more control over her situation Yes, there are certain advantages to doing this when one is young, but nothing is written in stone. I don't believe a couple of more years would have hurt the progress too much. I was much older when I started transition, and I think in my case it went rather well. I pass without trying. It's hard to say why I waited so long, I guess it just took me this long to come to terms with it.
Joanie, it is amazing that in todays age so many people still have no idea what being transgender means and absolutely refuse to listen to facts. Religious fanatics and bigots are the worst offenders. Causing a lot of heartbreak and sorrow.
It means diffrent things for diffrent people. For me, it was hard at first but got easyer. Right now, my homeless situation is the uphill battle in my life. I'm a woman and accepted as such by so many, that the few who knew me from before and don't, dosen't bother me anymore like it used to. Religious beliefs do complicate it, but who's to say those beliefs aren't flawed. Anyone can put their own spin on anything, if the parrents were more flexable, maybe their daughter wouldn't have seen this as the only way out.
There are stories about young children insisting to be different than the sex they are born. Boys refusing to have their hair cut and insisting to wear dresses and play with dolls. Girls on the other hand will wear only boys clothes and play football.
I very seldom ever wear dresses and high heals, but it's comforting to know that I have that option. I put that on my things to do list when I get into a place.
I even got admonished on these boards when I asked you if you are transgender. This is a topic, I feel should be openly talked about, not someting shoved under the table as if it was something to be ashamed about
I have to be honest. I would much rather be seen as a woman, just any other woman, than as a transgender woman, but if it would help others facing what I have went through with this, then I would openly be transgender. has anyone any ideas on what I can do for her memory?, I somehow feel like I should do something. I can manage a trip to Cincinatti if need be.
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