Back in the 80's, It Was Easier Being A Transsexual

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Back in the 80's, It Was Easier Being A Transsexual
Transgriot
By Monica Roberts
06 December, 2010


http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/12/back-in-80s-it-was-easier-being.html


I have been living as a female for over three decades. I was a teen when I started this transsexual journey. In the beginning, the late 70's and much of the 80's, life was sweet. I lived as a woman, took my hormones. Eventually had surgery.... I dated. The men knew I was trans. Some of them introduced me to their family members. And friends. I was escorted to company picnics and Christmas parties. I played horse shoes and danced with their colleagues.

Here and there, people would whisper comments about me. I'm tall, and some people accused me of being a female impersonator. Not in those words, mind you. But for the most part, I was not disrespected or treated differently.