Results for "transgender"
“I’ll Be Damned If I’m Going To Be Buried A Girl.” Gender Transition Gives HIV+ Trans Man Reason To Live
My name is Teo Drake, I actually grew up in Connecticut, near New Haven. The story basically is this intersection or this way of looking at my struggle around gender identity and ...
After Struggling With Homelessness, Angela Makes a Better Life For Herself.
My name is Angela Louis, I’m from Brooklyn, NY. Ever since I was born I knew something was different. I knew I was born in the wrong body. Wanting to have a boyfriend and wantin...
I’m From Washington.
If I had the choice to go back and live life as a man or stay who I am today and die, I’d welcome death with open arms and kiss my little boy goodbye. I transitioned a long time...
“Dad, I’m Trans.” “Well, You’re Still Mine.”
Pat knew he was different from pretty early on. He explains: I came into this world different. I knew I was different. But yet again, they put you in a box. You’re either male oTRANSCRIPT: My name is Pat. I got lots of stories. I came into this world different. I knew I was different. But yet again, they put you in a box. You’re either male or female. ...
“Love Conquers” As Woman Marries Trans Man
Lillian always imagined herself marrying “a dark bald black man.” After years of being single and realizing she’s happy being by herself, she met Michael on a personals siteTRANSCRIPT: My name is Lillian and I am a native Arizonan. I have lived here, mostly in the Phoenix area, most of my life. I have been single, had been single, all my life. When I...
I’m From Ipswich, MA.
On September 7th, two precious children entered my life. They were c-sectioned, which means Macbeth better look out. They had the most precious presence, but I’ll get to that in...
“How Long Does It Take For Dreams To Come True?”
This week on I’m From Driftwood, we’re sharing stories we collected from a PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians And Gays) group in Omaha, Nebraska. — Joni and he...
I’m From Bethlehem, PA.
I grew up in the city-suburb of Bethlehem, PA, in the heart of the Lehigh Valley, to Greek-American immigrants. Bethlehem is just like every other podunk Pennsylvanian town, excep...
Parents Evolve On Accepting Transgender Son.
When Jude came out to his parents as a lesbian, all was well in the world. Even when I was little, my parents would sit my sister and me down and they would say, “If either of y...
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