Introduction
Transgender people often say that they are trapped in the wrong body – they were born one sex but feel more like another. Health care professionals often describe this as "gender dysphoria," literally, feeling confusion about one’s gender.
This can be very frightening – so much so that you may deny your feelings. Soon, though, the feelings arise again. You may try to put them out of your mind, but you can’t. Finally, you stop resisting, and in that instant your world changes. You discover that being true to yourself feels better, more natural, than denying your true self ever did.
But what will this mean for you the rest of your life?
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