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Title: I Placed Letters In My Bag To Be Found If I Were To Die
Post by: Shana A on August 24, 2010, 09:04:10 AM
I Placed Letters In My Bag To Be Found If I Were To Die

by Rei
Mon Aug 23, 2010 at 07:49:55 AM PDT

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/8/23/895346/-I-was-devastated.-But-I-wasnt-going-to-let-them-take-THIS-from-me (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/8/23/895346/-I-was-devastated.-But-I-wasnt-going-to-let-them-take-THIS-from-me)

I wasn't afraid anymore.  I was living my life as the opposite gender to how my body looked when I was born, and could not have been happier about it.

But I was far from done.  I didn't have full self confidence or a really finalized, fully feminine look.  I was meek, quiet.  I was rarely "read" by others, but I still was occasionally.  My body was still anatomically wrong.  And fixing that last one was going to involve risking my life several times.