Throughout my career, there would be occasional interludes in which I would be my authentic self. But as I neared retirement, I became less comfortable with coming home. I deployed twice, in Europe and the Middle East. I went through my three-plus-decade career. I worried about my kids and my spouse if I came out in the military, because I would be without a job. I had two beautiful, wonderful kids and three grandchildren. Being in the military, that was one of the things I would be discharged for. It was probably during that decade in the '70s that I realized what I identified with.īy that time, it was a bit stressful for me. So I never acted on it.īy the time I was 20, I had graduated from high school and joined the military. As a child of the '50s and '60s, I came from a conservative, blue-collar family with a Catholic background.
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I knew from a very young age that there was something different about me. I was like, what's FTM? I opened the book, and it changed my world. When I was in college, maybe about 18 years old, I saw a book at the LGBT center called FTM. It's not that simple for a lot of people. I use that word - journey - because it contrasts from a definitive time stamp. But it's only because I wasn't aware of the possibility.įor me, it was definitely a journey. I was totally fine with my gender as a youth, although I behaved masculine. At that moment, I was just like, "Oh, this is a possibility for you." I thought it would make sense because I would live a much happier life if I was able to medically transition.
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I wasn't aware of that previously.īut I don't know if it was a feeling or anything. But it was at that point that I realized I could undergo medical transition. I've always presented my gender by dressing the same and acted like the same person. It was a long-term realization, from birth to the moment I decided to live socially as a male. I accepted that being trans is part of my life's journey around 24 years old. Writer, filmmaker, entrepreneur assistant, activist.