Becoming Danielle: Transgender Auburn native writes memoir
5 hours ago • David Wilcox, The Citizen
http://auburnpub.com/lifestyles/becoming-danielle-transgender-auburn-native-writes-memoir/article_41e847a6-671a-5dc0-b527-5e344568ffb2.htmlTwo letters signify a lifetime of confusion for Danielle Bergan.
Born Daniel in Auburn in 1953, Bergan felt by the age of 3 that she was really a girl. She lived with this suspicion until July 9, 2010: the day she underwent sexual reassignment surgery.
In those 50-plus intervening years, the feeling of being born the wrong sex wasn't something Bergan could neatly file in the back of her mind. It stunted her relationships, drove her to alcohol and drug addiction, and almost led her to end her life.
The struggle now behind her, Bergan has written a memoir, "It's Always Okay to Be Me: A Journey to Recovering Lost Hope," which she hopes will spare others a similar life.
