Chris Tina Bruce
Transgender bodybuilder, spokesperson, and fitness talent; founder, Be Bold Be Proud and Discover Health and Fitness
Transgender Rights or Deviant Behavior?
Posted: 12/12/11 01:38 PM ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-tina-bruce/transgender-rights-or-dev_b_1143837.htmlAs a white, heterosexual, college-educated male living in suburbia, the sky was the limit when it came to where I could go or what I wanted to do with my life. I still needed to work diligently and attack every opportunity or challenge at full speed, although all barriers were ones I could control. During the first 40 years of my life, I graduated from Georgia State University, relocated to a new city, and entered the corporate world to then start multiple successful and profitable organizations. I had the American dream, a wonderful wife, two healthy and happy children, a loving mother and sister, and a successful career, but I was not being true to myself.
We as humans rarely change until there is enough pain. We will struggle and fight, knowing the correct course or action, yet we will not initiate change until the pain is greater than the fear. But these are the moments you learn, grow and appreciate all you have in life. I discovered I was given a rebirth. A rebirth of body, mind, and spirit. A blessing I could never have believed or even tried to explain, but one that is nevertheless a gift that I will not let sit idle or underutilized any longer.
