“When I decided I was a boy, I realized that if I wanted to pass, I'd have to learn to walk differently, talk differently, dress differently, basically act differently than I did as a girl. But why did we need to act at all?” SexIdentityGenderPassingLgbtComing OutTransgenderStereotypesGender Roles Book:Parrotfish Source: Parrotfish
“I guess I'd just been thinking about it for so long that I forgot changing your gender was not even a question for most people. They just took for granted being a boy or a girl. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be so sure of yourself.” SexIdentityGenderLgbtComing OutTransgender Book:Parrotfish Source: Parrotfish
“I was surprised at how much general fear and anxiety lurked inside me these days. I'd never been a fearful person, never even understood phobias like fear of heights of water or snakes or any of those things. And while I knew that my coming out as a transgender person was going to throw certain people for a loop, I somehow hadn't realized how much it would throw me.” SexFearIdentityAnxietyGenderLgbtComing OutTransgender Book:Parrotfish Source: Parrotfish
