Trans and Proud (blog/comments)

[Natasha]

Trans and Proud

http://transcendgender.com/2008/06/08/trans-and-proud/
6/8/2008

"Beginning in the fall of 2006, as I began to plan for my transition
and think about what the future as Abby would be like, I always felt
fear when I thought of those moments in public when people would
realize that I am transgender or transsexual (I used both terms
depending on the situation). I felt that same fear when I went out in
public as Abby, watching carefully for disapproving glances and
listening for rude remarks everywhere I went. As time passed and I
didn't see those glances or hear those remarks, I began to believe
that I could live in this world as Abby without "being detected," in
other words, I thought I could "pass" without notice."