by Unite UK | Apr 16, 2019 | Coming out, Transgender Coming Out Stories
So, the very first time I came out was to my parents and it was actually completely unplanned. I remember that it happened sometime right before I went off to college, so I’ll put the date at the summer of 2014. It was really hot, and so I was walking around the house...
by Unite UK | Apr 9, 2019 | Coming out, Transgender Coming Out Stories
At 11 years old, I began suffering from depression, suicidal ideation, and body dysmorphia. My difficulties with mental illness were born out of the harassment I endured since 1st grade from growing up as queer and trans in rural Pennsylvania. This made it very...
by Unite UK | Feb 12, 2019 | Transgender Coming Out Stories
As an alien on the wrong planet. As an albatross – elegant and majestic in the skies, but unsuited when on a boat among the fishermen. This is how I’ve always felt growing up. I was a happy, curious child. I climbed trees as if they were old castles; I did all those...
by Unite UK | Jan 21, 2019 | Transgender Coming Out Stories
Growing up I always felt like I was different and didn’t fit in with the other kids. I was always so confused during elementary school when I would be called a boy or be grouped in with boys in school. I would go to sleep at night and pray that I would wake up as a...
by Unite UK | Dec 4, 2018 | Transgender Coming Out Stories
People often ask me about my coming out story and I can’t help but giggle every time it comes up. I have “come out” so many times in my life that it seems laughable to an extent. I was 13-years-old the first time I came out to my mother. It was the summer between 7th...
by Unite UK | Nov 27, 2018 | Transgender Coming Out Stories
For many of us, coming to terms with being transgender is a lifelong journey. Although we have recollections of struggling with our identity while growing up, it was difficult to find the words or analogues in everyday life that would help to materialise those...
