It has been a year since I started hormones and had my surgery. I don’t feel a need to prove myself as a guy anymore and I have grown accustomed to the luxury of passing. Most remarkably, I don't think about trans issues anymore until someone else brings them up. It's the biggest relief that I have ever known, yet it's sad that such a huge part of my life suddenly doesn't feel so significant.
I feel like I have been allowed to move on and concentrate on other things—which should have been the case from the beginning. Most people get to worry about school, work, relationships, and the world outside of themselves—not how people address you and which bathroom to choose. It's sad that I was consumed with myself for so long, but now I can actually contribute something to other people.
Despite the fact that I look like I am 15, I feel more grown up and comfortable in myself than I knew was possible. I don't refer to myself as a man, but I don't question it when someone else does. I definitely don't feel like a boy anymore.
— Aidan at 25
1 year after surgery & hormones
I‘m finally free to be myself —
without question, without challenge.
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