Dad came over today and we went for lunch. I felt ready to share my trans self with him, and I was nervous at first, but once it came out, I was ok. Dad has surprised me many times with how magnanimous he's been about my revelations (I've been nervous to share aspects of myself with him before).
The crazy thing is that he shared with me something I never knew before. Apparently when I was born, they were not sure if I was male or female. I came out with a vagina, but I also had a penis-like protrusion!?!?! From the adult perspective that I am now, it makes sense, because I have Turner Syndrome which has to do with altered sexual organs and hormone issues, but it also makes total sense to me why I always was unique and never did quite "measure up" to being a girl. A few days after I was born, my pseudo-penis was absorbed inside my body, but I like to think that I was fighting myself all 9 months on presenting as a boy like I should have been, and genetic syndrome won out over brain orientation on the outside, but not anymore!
This gives me more to take to an endocrinologist since I want to see one anyhow to sort out some other energy, hormone and weight issues.
