From the Sunday Age, 18/10/15

[Anonymous]

Chantelle wrote:

There is no doubt that we, gender variant people, are the last frontier of LGBTI discrimination. I think the main reason is that, unlike other “Queer folk”, our status is usually very obvious, causing all manner of emotional reactions from observers. However, our situation is changing, albeit slowly.

Personally, I have found that as my confidence in who I am has increased, or perhaps as my care factor for what people think has decreased, I have more positive interactions and fewer negative ones. I think that when I was tentative, nervous and hypersensitive to criticism I was “fair game” for being abused, it being a sad fact of life that some people pick on those who appear weak.

Regards,
C

How long were you on HRT before you became more confident?

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