Gender Is Between Your Ears And Not

A Lot Of Parents Never Speak To Their Transgender Kids Again That's Not The Case In My Family.

I Absolutely Believe In Assimilation. I Don't Believe I'm Any Different From Straight People. My Wants And Needs Are The Same As Theirs. I Don't Look At Sexual Orientation As That Big Of A Deal. It's Just An Orientation.

So When I Was About 13 Or 14, I Realized I Was Attracted To Women And Then Made The Assumption That I Was A Lesbian, And Didn't Realize That That Wasn't The Case. It Was The Fact That I Was A Man And A Heterosexual Man. The Issue Wasn't My Sexual Orientation, But Rather My Gender Identity.

I Came Out Around 25 Publicly.

I Thought, Transgender People Are Much Worse Off Than I Am. That's Why They're Willing To Risk Everything To Be Who They Are. But The Older I Got, The Harder It Got To Stay In My Body.