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Coming Out Is Different For A Trans Person

Started by Shana A, October 11, 2012, 09:28:34 AM

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Shana A

October 11, 2012, 09:28:34 AM
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Coming Out Is Different For A Trans Person
Posted by Monica Roberts at 7:30 AM

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/10/coming-out-is-different-for-trans-person.html

With today being  National Coming Out Day, you'll see ceremonies and events all over the country that will be primarily focused on the LGB end of the community rainbow.  For the trans end of the spectrum, coming out has a different twist to it.

When people come out as lesbian, bi or gay, they are still the son or daughter that their parents brought home from the hospital that day.   But when you come out as trans, it means that's akin to a death in the family.

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We trans people are the only part of the rainbow community that have to pay for the privilege of being ourselves. In addition to having to go through medical and surgical intervention, there's also wading through the paper trail we have piled up and changing those identity documents.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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