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My name is Melissa. I had my name legally changed 4 years ago. I am transgender...
Part of my story is at 7 years old I was sex trafficked by 2 of my uncles who sold me to their friends. I was gang raped in high school. And in 2017 I was raped because I'm transgender. I was set up by someone whom I thought was a friend.
After being trafficked and raped in the hundreds, my soul was dead. No, murdered. Please don't feel sorry for me and I'll explain why.
I ran away and hid from my past. I was ashamed of it. I knew I was different from my earliest remembrance but never knew how to explain anything.
I got married to a woman that did not run away when I tried to explain what I felt on the inside. I loved her but wasn't in love with her. One thing I did know, I never thought I wanted her, I wanted to be her.
We had 2 children via invirtual fertilization because I could not produce enough sperm. I never felt good enough. Not having enough sperm, I felt like a complete failure. Moving forward 13 years my marriage fell apart and lost my children along with my back failing me and requiring 23 surgeries. Left me depressed and a complete failure in live. So on August 19th, 2011, I attempted suicide. I injected 24mg of Dilaudid. 300 times the amount stop my heart. Yet I survived.
That's when I realized that I was ment to be here. I work hard to get clean from my addiction. I worked ever harder to find a purpose to my life.
I am no longer a victim. I am a survivor and more so I am victorious..! I'm no longer a prisoner to my past and fight for those who have not found their voice or strength yet..!
I have other friends that have been trafficked and we consider ourselves WARRIOR GODDESSES..!
We have discovered through supporting each other our power, our voice, our fight, and our drive...!
I really enjoy this group and its possitivity. Thank you
