What Is It Like To Be Transgender
Being a transgender woman has been about living a life full of lies. From my earliest memories, my survival instinct has been the same: Act like this – get praise; Act like that – get put in your place. Because we are fit into gender roles so early in life, acting a certain way either kept me safe and part of the “group” or outcast and possibly beat-up. Eventually, you learn to become numb. You stop looking at yourself in the mirror. You stop wanting to go out to formal events and you come to terms with just settling for a mediocre life. You take the golf cart and drive it day after day.
