Podcast Time: When Coming Out Leads You To A Wall
If you think being a transgender person is hard, try being transgender in Texas. Having a gender identity that differs from your assigned sex is an abomination in this macho world. For thirty years I ve lived in intense denial and relentlessattempts to change who I was. Five years ago I finally made the decision totransition. The hardest part was coming out to my Dad. Growing up I was under a lot of pressure from him to man up and pursue boy activities. I d hemmed and hawed for months before I worked up the courage to spit out my big confession. I said, Dad, I consider myself a female. My sex reassignment surgery is next month. To that he asked, You must be pretty serious about it if you are willing to make your life a living hell. He was right about that, you see. I was ready to face bias and prejudice. I knew I d be the object of ridicule and hate misunderstood, maybe even feared. But I never expected to be persecuted for my choice and discriminated against as openly as I am now. Recent nationwide
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