I asked everyone earlier to tag and comment when a transgender friend knew they were the opposite gender in the wrong body. Most answered before the age of 5. I asked this because of the video of Ryland that is going around and the response saying that a child could not know these things by 5 yrs old. But they do. However in the responses I got one I read nearly made me cry and I got their permission to share it. That video my little sister posted to my wall. She tagged myself and her mother in it with dare you not to cry. As the subject. Some people dont always know. But they feel differently. For me, and that little boy in the video, we always knew. I wish every day that when I was that little boys age there was an outlet for this, a resource, others, but 30 years ago parents didnt know this even existed. If I had been given the opportunity to be myself medically and publicly like him, my god, my life would have been so different. I would have never endured the emotional torture and forever lasting mind alteration of going through female puberty when I was never a girl. Can you imagine? What or how would you feel if you woke up one morning as a teenager and had a penis? I never hated myself or life more than when breasts began, and that nasty monthly thing happened. I cried for weeks. I lost 14 years of my life. My mind continued male, but my body went a different direction. I cant explain the pain that feels like. What if I NEVER had to feel that? What would I have been like? Would I have played baseball in high school? Had a girlfriend? Went to prom? What about college? Would I have been in a frat? I missed out on so many coming of age things that are normal everyday activities for most kids. If you were given the chance to take all of that pain away for your child, by simply allowing them to swap genders, why in earth would you not?? Or think that its wrong? I dont get it. Thank you so much for sharing something so deeply personal. I hope this does two things: opens the eyes of those that dont understand how and trans person feel and 2. Helps other transgender people feel like they are not alone and there are voices out there trying to give understanding and support, no matter how old they are. The statistics for suicides among LGBTQI youth are heartbreaking. We have to stop this. We are the land of freedom and yet we deny a large portion of our community equal rights, basic humane decencies, love and compassion. We have to change.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:24:22 +0000
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