About Me and Coming Out as Trans, Part Two
Coming out and making sexy time!
See my pinned post for part one of my introduction to Medium. This is a running narrative of my coming out and transition process.
A few months after our wedding, I sank into the deepest depression I can remember. It was bad. I mean really bad. I have no idea as to what was the specific catalyst, and my wife was really concerned. What did I have to be depressed about? I had entered the best phase of my life, I was happy, I was newly married to my best friend, and I had a brand new family that I loved.
Nevertheless, there it was: the resurgence of gender dysphoria. If this is a new term for any of you, here’s the short explanation. It’s a misalignment of the sex you were assigned at birth (It’s a boy! It’s a girl!) and the gender you sense inside yourself. There are many more in-depth explanations, and way more nuances than I will cover at this time. If you want more, Google is your friend.
If there was ever a time in my life where I should have felt I had “arrived” as a male, this was it. And yet, there I was, folding under the immense weight of something I had fought against my entire life. And the woman I loved stood by and watched, helpless.
