[GoneGirl]

Yours is a familiar story, Denita. I wish more people could understand what it's like to be transgender. It isn't the cross gender identity that causes the dysphoria, but the ignorance and prejudice of a large majority of the population, and the biases that are built into our social structures that force us to conform to a binary sex standard that just doesn't work for us. Gender identity variation is not a condition that can be easily dismissed as sexual perversion or fetish. It needs to be recognized as a legitimate human condition with the same rights as our cis brothers and sisters.

Clara