I never could understand folks getting all het up about transgender issues! WHO you are as a person, is far more important than WHAT you are on the sliding scale of sex. I think it's great when an unhappy person finds their way- even if it is not our own path.

A friend of mine is F to M. And SO much happier now! His Mom (VERY religious-3 foot tall Virgin Mary statue in the living room religious!). He was a she when we met -I tutored him in college (I'm going to just keep the male pronoun- it's easier). He had been in an accident and needed help catching up. To make it short, I became his supportive "other-mother". His Mom had totally flipped! She was about my age, so he asked me to talk with her. So I talked her "language"- how the soul is important, not the body...gender is just the "wrapping paper in the REAL gift, our souls...yadda, yadda.. and she eventually came to (grudgingly) accept it. She got to the point where she used his new name and proper pronouns (usually) before she passed away last year. She wasn't real happy about the changes, but he was "her child".

My friend says I need to go back to college and get my degree in Psych and be "other mother"/psychologist to others undergoing their change. It was so cool to watch this very troubled little girl become a confident man. He's married to a gal with 2 (ADHD special ed) kids from a previous and is an activist for gay and transgender rights. He's a great dad!

I could earn a lot more $ as a psychologist in the big city, but I think I'll stick to helping kids in our little backwater town. He's thinking of moving back to my school district, incidentally.