For those who don't know I am transgendered, I was born male but from every waking second of my life knew in my heart and soul I was not what my outside shell appeared to suggest.  As a new chapter begins for me with therapy and soon to begin  HRT ( Hormone Replacement therapy) I want people  to think about a few things. We do NOT "choose" this, who in their right mind would choose to be cast out from families, friends, society,  subject themselves to ridicule, physical attacks, and have an astronomical suicide rate ? No one that's who!... We simply seek to be happy like everyone else in this world.  People fear differences and embrace familiarity when instead they should look inside of their own hearts and imagine  if they were singled out for how they feel or look, by anyone for any reason... In a world that judges so much on outward appearance  the fact that our outward appearance is what we seek to change and align with our inside people focus on that. It scares them,  and though I wish that the journey I am on now  never had to be taken from the beginning it has taught me a lot and made me better for it.

I realize that my insecurities, anger, hatred , etc  were actually coming from my own inner struggle,  every day of looking at a mirror and being confronted with a lie,  things not in sync inside and out. Living in circumstances that constantly preached the world is black and white,, no gray when in fact the universe itself is nothing but gray and full of infinite variety. If you  say I am a freak or broken or whatever the case may be, that's fine as you choose to live in ignorance and fear but it has no place in my heart. I will not judge you for being you and that makes me a better person for it, not better than you or anyone else, but a better me and that is all any of us should ever seek to be. Have the strength and courage to step away from the pack mentality, open your mind and you will grow beyond the rest of them and become a better you which in turns makes all of us better because in the end we are ALL the same, Human Beings with the same hopes and dreams, we just have different paths to take on the journey.....