Uuurgh...I dont know what to say or how to say it, so i am going to try my best. I am TS, and have known so for years. I am single, i am still in college, i am moving across the country specifically so i can avoid a lot of the issues many TS face, such as worry at work or while out, that someone will see you, discover you, and that your career/marriage/whatever will suffer as a result. I plan to attend school, get a job, get my driver's license, all as Terri. In one crescendo of action, i plan to at last, begin to resolve the pain and grief and angst i have felt for years.

And a lot of us do not have that option. While the life many TS have may not be the life they want, they have things to lose, and those things can well be jeopardized by unwanted publicity. The life they have may not be perfect, but the risk that they may take by striving for their goals may be worse than the rewards. It certainly shouldnt be that way, and unity, publicity, fair representation in the media, are all things we need to make changes happen. Unfortunately, doing this requires people to take risks that many dont want to take....so we have a vicious circle.

If given a chance, would i make my voice heard? I dont know....lets say that all goes as i hope it will, and that i, after going fulltime, or after SRS, have a career, a group of dear friends...a relationship? Would i risk all of that, once i attain it? I dont know. Its easy to say "yeah, i will stand up and fight" right now, because i have nothing to lose atm. In the same vein, if i do attain such a goal, i would want to do everything in my power to ensure other people have the same opportunity. What to DO?

We all know what the right thing to do is. Its just much scarier to do it, than it is to talk about it. We all have different levels of motivation, different drives. If anyone has any ideas, i am all ears.