Just yesterday I realized that my transition is pretty much over. I no longer feel like I am transitioning but like I am now completely Katherine.
Sure, I haven't had GRS yet, I have at least another year of electrolysis, the estrogen isn't done doing its magic, and I still have an "M" on my drivers license; but I just don't feel that I am in transition any more. It's a mental/emotional/psychological adjustment that I didn't realize would happen but has.
I just got back from driving 5,500 miles through the US. I was a woman everywhere, without doubt in anyone's mind – mine or the people I encountered. I no longer feel that I am becoming Kate. I find that I really don't think about it much anymore. I just am Kate.
And I use the word transsexual when needed as explanatory. If I have to show my ID with its "M" and am questioned about it (hasn't happened lately), I just say that I am "in transition and still legally male."
- Kate
