Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.
Chastity Bono
For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to handle transitioning and having to do it in the public eye. One of the issues that was hard for me to overcome was the fear of that.
the-public
Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had.
women
I always had this idea that, 'Sure, I wished I was a boy and felt more like a boy and all of that.' But I wasn't, so I would deal with it. And I for some reason thought there were other lesbians that felt that way and that was just part of that community.
community
I don't have the luxury of doing things privately.
luxury
I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.
birthday
As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.
gender
I confused gender identity with sexual orientation. Your gender identity is about who you are, how you feel, the sex that you feel yourself to be. Sexual orientation is who you're attracted to.
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