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	A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again; that's not the case in my family.   
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	Until I really accepted this about myself and got over any of my own transphobia that I had, I really felt like I wouldn't be accepted. I thought I would ruin my life.   
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	People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.   
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	When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in my life and how they would react to it and would I be rejected?   
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	As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.   
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	Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had.   
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	I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.   
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	I feel really good, I feel like a man now, and I'm really happy.   
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	I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people. My wants and needs are the same as theirs. I don't look at sexual orientation as that big of a deal. It's just an orientation.   
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	Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But I'm an activist - that's just the kind of person I am.   
