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Killer Wasp Sighted in Scotland

Natalie Rachael Gale

It started with a wasp sting and ended with a suicide attempt. Not a usual day for most people but a standard day for your average transgendered person.

Have you ever looked in the mirror and hated what youve seen? The answer is of course yes. Most people have hated something about themselves at some time in their life, nose too big, wrinkles too deep, hair a sight or just too fat or thin. Take these feelings and expand them a million times and you get me. Ive looked in the mirror a million times and always hated what Ive seen. The problem, my brain doesnt match my body. Im a man to look at but feel that I should be a woman. Take these feelings and add forty years of trying to be what society expects and you get the recipe for deep depression, hurt, anguish, pain, shame, guilt, horror, anger and loss. ... (continues)

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