Coming Out Trans

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...

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...

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...

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...

As far as I can remember I had a very happy childhood, I was an innocent young child and didn't know anything about transgender people. As a kid, I used to do a lot of girly things. Like playing with Barbie dolls, wearing my mother’s heels, putting on her...

Coming out will significantly change the lives of almost all transgender people. I opened up about my gender and sexuality when I was 8, in 2003, before I even learned the word “trans” or “queer.” It was a tiny town in rural Northern California. While I...

Coming out is not easy. Coming out also never fully ends. I should know, I’ve come out 3 times now! It took me a long time to realise my identity, to accept myself, and to tell those around me who I truly am. My freshman year of high school, 2009, I...

My names Ashton and I’m a 20-year old transgender male. I’ve been out for about 2 and a half years now, but before I came out as trans I was out as lesbian for a couple of years before I even knew what transgender was. After I found out what transgender was I wanted...

My name is Jackson and I’m a twenty-one-year-old transgender male from Arkansas. My coming out story is a bit of a long one. Ever since I can remember, I felt different, like my body wasn’t my own. I ended up thinking that everyone had this state of mind so I just...

I've felt I was a guy since the age of around 11 (that's when I found out what transgender was). I found out through Big Brother the year a transgender man won. I kept my feelings a secret for a good 2 years before I finally had to tell someone.   "I couldn't live...