"Walk Straight, Behave Like a Boy," and Other Self Esteem Challenges for Transgenders
By: Rosa Ramirez | May 18, 2010 – 6:38 am
http://missionlocal.org/2010/05/walk-straight-behave-like-a-boy-and-other-self-esteem-challenges-for-transgenders/Building a positive self-image has not always been easy for Bersath Verdugo who was born a male but felt, at a young age, that he should have been a girl.
"My parents would chastise me and tell me, 'walk straight, behave like a boy,'" said Verdugo, a petite woman with soft skin and long dark hair.
Verdugo eventually migrated to California from Mexico so that she could live openly as a woman.
