RANSVESTIA

had been John, Michael, Phillip and William. Men have a shell around them that they don't let others penetrate through, lest they should find within that shell some trait or interest that is slightly feminine and not adequately macho-masculine. But girls and women don't operate under that worry and thus as girls the five of us have nothing to hide-we have already revealed our femininity by simply being what we are and there is nothing further to be secret about or be ashamed of. But note that four of them have been through the surgery business and I haven't. Yet I'm absolutely just as well off as any of them. Their surgery hadn't done them any real good-beyond what they would have gained by just being themselves, as women I mean. So I am about $5,000 and a lot of pain and discomfort ahead of them.

So, in conclusion, give yourself a fair chance to think over the benefits of being a transgenderist if you are really determined to live completely as a woman and to know that being a woman is truly a gender matter and doesn't depend on what's between your legs. It's what's between your ears that counts.

"Hi, Dad! I ran across an old scrap book of yours in the attic the other day and I thought you'd be proud of me if I followed in your footsteps."

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