Transgender Identified In Mass: About A Third Thought About Suicide In Past 12 M

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Transgender Identified In Mass: About A Third Thought About Suicide In Past 12 Months

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12280/transgender-identified-in-mass-about-a-third-thought-about-suicide-in-past-12-months
Autumn Sandeen
7/30/09

The number doesn't surprise me at all.
In my life, I've had several times when the gun had to wrestled out of my hands. The pressure to live in a gender role that feels so wrong and the shame for being "weak" and eventually giving in to these urges can be extremely hard. You do what ever you can to hide that secret. I can only speak for myself, but I was a parody of what I thought a man should be. I grew a beard (my mask) and I'd get into fights in bars to prove I was manly, and to be punished for that woman that was hiding inside of me.