by Criss Christoff Smith

Trans Man Thought He Had It All—Until He Found His True Self

 I am Criss Christoff Smith. I grew up on a farm in Jamaica.  When I was about six years old, I was on my grandmother’s farm playing with my older brother. My grandmotherAfter I migrated to the United States, I lived in Brooklyn, New York with my mother, and my mother was very, very strict with us. Living in Jamaica, I was so free. I had so much f...