[Marina Kits]

Thanks for the reply Miss Missed but that's not really what I was hoping for. They're my family, I can't tell them to, "go to hell" or anything else with attitude like that. Furthermore, I don't want to take that easy way out. For my sake and especially for theirs, I'd like them to see me, really not very differently than I have ever been although the tendency would be to REPLACE who I was with what they now know about me. Rather, I'd like to win some support among good people who haven't HAD to understand my issue before and therefore might make it hard on those who aren't as close to them as I happen to be (plain and simple prejudice towards transgenders). I could give them the finger and broaden the separation between me and them or I can try to help them understand me so they are sympathetic and perhaps kinder to you some day if your path crosses theirs. Who better to do that for my family and friends than me? Should I leave it up to PBS or their other biased acquaintances? No, I think it needs to be me and I'm hoping for some collective thought on how to do that lovingly.