New Guide Offers Support To Parents Of Trans Youth
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7/7/2008
"To the outside world, Jamie was male. On the inside, it was a different story.
``To be honest, I thought everyone felt like I did,'' Jamie recalled.
``I thought everybody just had a major issue identifying with their gender and with sort of the body that they were in, and everybody was sort of dealing with it, so I didn't think I was different that way.''
Now 26, Jamie identifies as female. But the road towards living as a woman wasn't an easy one.
When she was younger, Jamie said she would find herself doing research online on where to find hormones and a therapist, but still hadn't quite made the connection."