[Skye is on fire]

I blame the good old Sears catalog for aditionally fuelling my feelings.  It would show up, Id be thrilled to turn to the womens intimate section and admire with envy the form and beauty it showed. That period is when I knew the road ahead would be full of complications and hurt before it ever got better. I cant be the only who stalked the mailman looking for that catalog?

Yep something similar for me in the UK........although it was the Kays catalogue over here.  When I stayed at my grandparents there was an old one which I liberated and hid under the bed for perusal when I stayed there.  Although before then (and one of my earliest memories) was wearing my moms shoes when I was about 3/4, when I was younger I also pestered my mom for a doll which was in a shop window......I eventually got the doll but my dad was very miffed at the whole thing.

I guess even since I was around 8-9 (so only 30 years ago) a lot has changed when I think about it in terms of visibility and acceptance/tolerance of people being transgender........although that applies to quite a lot of other things as well.

Megan

If you were never happy with living as who you were because you are trans has nothing to do with media.  The media access helps people to get information and even the motivation to get started on a journey that is  already written for them. However, those on the fence should address the fact that they are on the fence at all and resolve their issues using that available info.