Thanks for the story. However, the story is too brief on what the conditions were back in the 70's when we wanted to transition then. We paved the way for you younger set who are now in your teens through to the 40's and are starting the transition process. There were only a few transsexuals transitioning since Christine Jorgenson had her operation in 1952, the year I was born, to the 1970's. Not to many transitioned during that time save as to the performers and the drag queens. There was the connotation of being homosexual or of other kinds of perversion as mentioned in a few white papers published then. My shrink had me read those.
The 70's brought on another wave of transitioners as the DES-Boomer generation grew up. Renée Richards was leading the charge, but she was from the earlier generation (Great Depression of the 1930's). She got a lot of haranguing from the press and the late night comedians. This did not bode well to us who tried to transition back then. Jobs, marriages, and other pressures kept the majority of us from transitioning. A lot of those who tried and aborted this are no longer with us due to suicides and murders. Those who did transition in the 70's were the brave ones and these are the ones who you should thank for the availability of treatment options and more information that your medical providers have today.
Joelene
