I think I'll chime in again with a few comments from a long call I just had. One bit of the conversation related to the comment Kaitlyn just made about this not being about trying. Nor is it about results. You will often hear that transition solves one problem (GD) even if, or as it creates others. That phrase implies a reasoned decision. The truth is usually something closer to being driven to taking transition steps. The resulting life may not be daisies and unicorns. With that, you often get the chipper rejoinder that "well, at least it's yours!" To which I say "so F'in what." Both the availability of a rational solution as well as ownership of the result are irrelevant to the action.
Term of the day, from the same phone call … "Radioactive Tranny Leper". Which turns out to be convenient shorthand to describe the impact of being trans on a relationship.
