Two Truths and a Guy

by Jeannine Henvey

I tried to change my self-image. I forced myself to dress ultra-feminine and hang out with the girls.

All but one. I hated myself for conforming to society's idea of femininity.

It had become way too hard to be myself amongst others when all I wanted to do was crawl out of my own skin. Unable to identify with who I was, it was much easier to be alone.

And I was alone the last two years of high school. It was just easier.

I felt like a fraud. I may have been a boy on the inside but on the outside, I appeared to be a girl with gender denial.

So true!