Retrospective
Hi, I'm Breton (She/Her). It has been exactly one year since I came out. I had no idea how hard the realization would come crushing down on me. I was going about my business when all of a sudden my brain said, "remember all those repressed feelings you've been running from your whole life? Well, you can't outrun them anymore." Last year I was fortunate enough to be able to buy a condo with my wife, the last major life event I had planned on my long term goal list. All of the years of struggling had finally paid off. I felt like I had made it. Then it happened... the full on realization. My trans reawakening. I had never been more scared and excited at the same time. I was raised Mormon and learned to conform to the gender norms set out by that community. I was a good "young-man" and followed rank as I was supposed to. Deep down I knew something was wrong. I never fit in with my friends and was into much more feminine things growing up. I was othered, cal...
