I came from a small family background, my oldest sister, mom and dad, and myself. At the time my parents had dressed me up in boys clothing since biologically I'm born male, but I always think and acted like a girl. My room at home was filled with boyish toys but I really had no interest playing with them,
I rather had taken out my coloring book, finding some way to past the time by since I didn't have too many of friends. One night I asked my Dad if he would go to the toy store to purchase me a Barbie doll? He hesitated at first, but then he slipped on his coat as we jumped in the car to ride out to the toy store. I was soo happy to bring my first Barbie doll collection back at home, as I ripped open the doll box, and began to dress up Barbie without no help from my big sister. The next for school I decided to bring my Barbie doll in, which the teachers back then used to call it "show and tell". Anyway, I arrived at school, and it was time for "show and tell" but the other kids when first before I did. When it came my turn, I opened up my lunch box and showed everyone my Barbie doll.. there was gasp as other classmates just starred at me. From that moment on, I was often teased and bullied upon especially from the boys. My school counselors did nothing about it, but suggested that I was going threw a phase, and would grow out of it. Back at home my parents had forced me to suppress my true gender identity into silence, I was forced to learn how to act like a boy/man, and I was forced not to hang out with the girls anymore. Later on in my adulthood, my life has gotten to the point that I just couldn't suppress who I feel that I am inside, and so I began my journey into transitioning.
