Role models

If we want to find acceptance in the world we need to be exemplary models. People need to see that we are forthright, are people of character and that we value ourselves as humans first before we are transgender humans.

In that regard its a mixed bag because transgender people run the gamut as much as the general population does. This means we will find both good and bad which is why someone being transgender does not automatically draw me in and a main reason for me to stay independent minded. Our surface differences don't define us but unfortunately people will judge based on that first. So they will see the LGBTQ person and either think "oh they're better than I thought" or conversely "pretty much what I expected".

Of course the point isn't to please everyone especially those who don't deserve the time of day. What we want instead is to make sure we are counted among those who always want to do right by others while keeping our self respect intact.