I'm not the same person as I was before transition. I am in fact quite different. I'm much happier, more at peace, and don't have the frustrations with life and all the anger at the world I used to display. I think about things differently; I act differently. I actually think I'm a much better person now. If I decided I wanted to start going to church, or read a few self-help books in order to make myself a better person, then I doubt I would get anywhere near the flack I've gotten for choosing transition as the way to better myself and find happiness and peace.
Why do so many prefer us as the miserable, defeated wretches we were before rather than the sane and happy people we become when this is the exact right path for us? Why should this matter so much as long as we do become better people for it? Ultimately we are the ones that have to live our own lives. As much as it hurts to lose friends, family, loved ones, I was no good to them in the state I was in anyway. Anyone who can't accept my happiness and prefers me miserable to suit their idea of what I should be is not my friend. No one has the right to take happiness away from us, or tell us we are not allowed to pursue it.
