Community
Link7/2/2008
"Community is a word that is thrown around amongst people going through transition. As we begin meeting other transgender people, we begin to hear about the transgender community, and even the lgbt community. For many of us, a sense of community has eluded us for much of our lives. We may have been born into a community based on ethnic, religious, professional, or economic ties, but for many of us we may not have found a true sense of belonging in these communities. While we may have felt the same ties that drew our parents or friends into these communities, we were still left with a feeling that we were different. Some of us may have known that our difference was in our gender identity and our physical self, while others just knew that we were different. This difference, and usually the fear to express that difference often keeps us from fully sharing ourselves with these communities."
