Public enemy no.1

When you add supportive people to those who just don't care how transgender people live, you get the bulk of the population. The remaining portion count among those whose own frustrations lead them into transphobic waters.

Ask a gender therapist today about the most recurring theme among their patients and they will state that it is imposter syndrome. They have clients who may even have transitioned relatively early, blend in easily as women and yet suffer from this affliction nonetheless. 

Is this surprising? Not in the least because most people's troubles are magnified in the mind and if our lives aren't sufficiently hard we will find ways to complicate them. 

This makes the transgender person themselves public enemy number 1. I know this because I still suffer from the little remnants of self-rejection despite not caring one whit what people think of me at age 62. 

The programming went deep and started early for me.

In the past, transsexuals needed to erase previous history because living anywhere close to a normal life required it. This meant stealth was an essential component even if it required enormous mental pressure to conceal early lived history. 

The good news is that transgender youth have less work to do in erasing trauma because the public knows far more about them. They can embrace a transgender identity with less pressure to conceal; something which took me far more effort given the era I grew up in.

They can incorporate all facets of what makes them unique and fully whole.