Thank you for sharing your experiences. I think it's important to emphasise that having to live with the continuous fear of not being accepted as an equal part

Thank you for sharing your experiences. I think it's important to emphasise that having to live with the continuous fear of not being accepted as an equal part of society or worse can create a significant amount of stress. The same is true (albeit to a much lesser extent nowadays) for gay and lesbian individuals, and let's not forget that if you grew up, say, in the 90s, the world was still a significantly different place back then. As far as I know there have been studies showing increased stress levels in LGBT individuals even long after coming out. In a sense, I often feel that trans people are now facing what gays and lesbians were facing a couple of decades ago. Let's hope that your road to acceptance will be as swift as it was for us.