I'm out to my school, via the school newpaper. Being the assistant opinions ed, I get to write an article every issue. Too bad my coming out article was the last for the year...now I have to wait until next year! Either way, here is that fateful leap and when school starts back up next year I'll post my new ones. :) Enjoy!
Published: 4/16/99
Being a teenager, I know all about the trials and tribulations of the typical student. But, I'm not the typical student, I'm a member of one of the most invisible minorities on campus, I am a transexual.
All my life I've felt as though something weren't right, as if everything I'd ever done was a lie. Then, it hit me, I'm a man. My outer shell my convey a simbalance to a female, but inside I'm all male. Every thought, every action, every feeling I have is as a male.
With the emergence of my Male to Female (MTF) counterparts, and my lack of information the whole idea seemed...vague. I didn't even know if Female to Male (FTM) transexuals existed, but we do. And there are more of us than you think. Honestly, I don't know how many, but it can be assumed that we are as numerous as our MTF sisters.
I know, you may find yourself in a number of emotions right now. Some of you may be confused, more are probably disgusted, but I hope a few of you see a glimmer of hope that no matter what you are, there are others.
I plan to use this coulmn as a forum to voice my opinions on the endless amounts of grief and hardship anyone "different" gets put through. Close to 5,000 students attend this school, and its about time somebody took a moment to move out of their bubble and write something like this, even if it puts them in danger. This someone appears to be me...so be it.
Thats about all the space I have for this time, but let it be known that no matter what, I'm still a human and entitled to all the rights therin. And nothing can stop me from getting out my message. We're all human, and unfourtunately no matter what we do, if it deviates from the so called "norm" then we are treated like the lowest form of life. Stop the hate, learn to accept that which doesn't always conform.
