32 Years Living as the Wrong Person, NYC
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0:00A: And what does it mean for you to get your top and bottom surgery?
0:03B: It’ll finally correct what’s been incorrect for so many years. I’m 40. I didn’t -- I came out at a very young age. My parents were very abusive about it. Um, then things quieted down. I came back out as trans when I was 38, so I’ve lived 32 years. I lived 32 years as the opposite and feeling sick, distressed, depressed, anxious. Um, I even had suicidal tendencies for most of those years. Um, one of those years I was working armed security back in Florida, and I took my service weapon and I put it in my mouth. The gun, when I pulled the trigger, it jammed.
0:48A: Damn.
0:49B: I mean, I was
