Born in the wrong body. It’s a controversial statement that some agree with and some don’t — I look at this picture of a 7 year old girl looking happy. Gracie socially transitioned to a girl at the age of 4 years old. That’s the same age I told my mom that I didn’t feel like a boy. For me, that didn’t go so well. My mom…

When I’m feeling gender dysphoria, music takes me away to another universe. When I was four years old, I went to my mom and told her that something was wrong. I didn’t feel like a boy. The year was 1976. Like most parents back in those days faced with something…

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City. From what I saw in the comments section of a video on YouTube about this person, the uproar mostly seems to be about what people are calling “body mutilation.”

I was able to be me more than I ever have. What have I learned about myself in this time? What a crazy year it’s been. I’ve documented everything I’ve felt here on Medium since I joined back in October of 2021. It’s been a great stress reliever. It’s nearly…

Happy 4th of July! This used to be one of my favorite holidays when I was a kid. I was only 3 and a half years old on July 4th 1976. But I still remember the unbelievably huge displays of patriotism that summer. That’s how big a deal it was…

What do I do? My gender dysphoria latched on to something that’s impossible to change! Believe me, If I were 5'4" tall I probably would have transitioned 20 years ago. I know that there are tall women out there. I think that tall women are attractive. Average women’s height is 5'4" tall. I’m 6'1" tall. A whopping difference of 9". The average man’s height is…

It’s painful. I don’t like having to conform to society’s expectations of me. What is the social expectations definition? Social expectations are defined as implicit rules that govern one’s reactions and beliefs in a way that is deemed acceptable by society. …

I felt like something was “off” at 4 years old. I knew I didn’t feel like a boy. — Right now at this very moment I am having a gender dysphoria moment where when I looked in the mirror my brain took those signals of my appearance of being male and then set off a error code basically, leaving me no choice but to get “dolled up.” I know…

From about 2012–2015 I made a serious run at transitioning to female. And then I stopped. Back in 2012, I was really feeling gender dysphoria hard. I had enough of the intense feeling of needing to become a woman and I started down that road. I hated my beard so…