Posted on 02/04/2013 7:53:55 AM PST by reaganaut1
I’ve been living the life of a married man for 20 years. I have a successful career and three children. All this time, however, I have battled gender dysphoria and the deep sadness that comes from living a lie. From the earliest age, I’ve been unhappy being male. I believed I would find happiness only once I was true to myself. I recently had my self-diagnosis confirmed, and I’m initiating a transition to living as the real me. There is a cost involved: pain to my family and stress on my career. Ethically, is it right to be “true to myself” even if that authenticity ends my otherwise happy marriage and damages the emotional stability of my three children? If I had to maintain the lie, the emotional cost would be tremendous; a transition would share the pain with all who love me but might result in happiness. What’s the ethically correct thing to do? NAME WITHHELD, MASSACHUSETTS
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I have a friend, a beer drinking, fellow Jaycee VP buddy.
He was married with children.
He became a woman, a very successful business woman. I’m a customer and sometimes let slip his man name.
When his kids became adults, he set them up in businesses. They have TV commercials with the kids and his grand kids and his mother.
In the long run, it'll be less traumatic for all concerned
Thanks, tomkat. Best answer yet.
If you believe in decency, you lack intellectual and emotional maturity. Madness. You know, the most depressing discovery I’ve had during the past decade is how easy it is to deceive most Americans.People will believe ANYTHING, if it allows them to continue their playground time conscience-free.
If you believe in decency, you lack intellectual and emotional maturity. Madness. You know, the most depressing discovery I’ve had during the past decade is how easy it is to deceive most Americans.People will believe ANYTHING, if it allows them to continue their playground time conscience-free.
“Is your name Origen by any chance?”
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