I am starting a new category on trans kids, those transgendered people under the age of 18. I never knew any existence in my childhood and youth other than being a trans kid. Whether I was born trans, or had become trans by my first memory at the age of 4, is for scientists to debate and my mother to worry about. The fact is that trans is all I have in my memory and so I feel a sympathy for the plight of today’s trans kids and more than a touch of envy that they had the confidence I lacked and talked to their parents.
i really love what you do. i respect it so much. im a lezza and thinking of coming out! what do you think?
Only you can decide whether to come out, even in the 21st century there is a lot of cost in doing so and once you come out it is hard to put that genie back into the bottle again. So talk to others in your situation on the internet (hiding your identity of course so that you do not come out accidentally) and then weigh up the options. Coming out is generally not necessary if you are happy to compartmentalise your life, being one thing in one part of your life, and another thing as your public persona. It is not always easy to maintain a double life (think Peter Parker in Spiderman 2), so you will have to decide which you want to do. Personally, I tried the double life approach and it did not work for me, but for many it is the most sensible option. But only you can decide what is the most sensible option for you. Best wishes, Mercia