Welcome to My Life - #1

Hello, this is the first entry to my blog.

As a female-to-male transsexual over 50 years old, it occurred to me the other night that many of you think you have never known a transgendered person.

Just so you know -

You're wrong.

There are so many of us - and, no, you can't always tell.

The opinions and statements in this blog relate to my life - we are NOT all the same, and we don't always agree ---

But, for me, from my perspective, I never was female - I simply had a female body. My gender "compass" always pointed to male, though throughout my life I did try to "make do" with what I had, as you will learn while my story unfolds.

God makes no mistakes, and did not make one with me - I am who I am, regardless of the physical attributes.

I have been a stealth transman since I was 23 years old, legally married, raised children, served in my conservative Christian church, sung in the choir, taught Sunday School, worked for the Federal Government, managed and supervised people of all walks of life. All as a man.

Rejected by my birth family. Not uncommon for us, but still painful. As an aside, my birth family is more accepting now, when you get to our age, we must admit our own mortality - it becomes more important to build bridges than moats.

My plan is to post details of my life, my boring, normal life - and share the strength, trials, lost friends, surgical procedures - both successful ones and those that were not - my faith in God, and growth as a member of the human race.

If you'd like to comment, feel free to do so.

I reserve the right to remove any comments which are offensive, after all, it is my story. My decision is final, and I offer no apology.

I do not intend to reveal my true identity in this process, my wife and I are private people. There are autobiographical books available if you want to read one that has pictures of the "before and after" - you won't get them here.

My posts will follow my life chronologically as well as I can, and I am under no time constraints - so I'll post when I have time, and respond to comments within my posts if it seems appropriate.

Welcome to my life.

Believe it or not, it's a lot like yours - more than you think.

TransMan