There's always hope

[Shana A]

There's always hope
   
Transmissions
Published 09/23/2010

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

http://www.ebar.com/columns/column.php?sec=transmissions&article=146

A friend of mine recently suggested I write about giving up on her gender transition and settling for, presumably, an unhappy life. I told her in reply that this was simply not something I could write about. It's not that there aren't such situations, mind you – some have had to delay transitions, and I've known a few who transitioned and felt the need to return to their gender, preferring life in their birth gender over the challenges and pitfalls of transition.

The reason I did not feel I could fulfill her request is simple. Even in the darkest moments, I feel that there is hope.