Excellent disection!
Being retired, and a recovering alcoholic, I don’t engage in the daily, public battle. I’m, honestly, weary of it, beyond a few stories and responses here, an occasional post on Facebook.
My last therapist, (she 'graduated' me 😇) asked me, “Louise, why do you think that you are transgender? I think you were born this way.” Yes, she supplied me with the most comfortable, self affirming, answer…
My response was, “ Irrelevant. I am who/what I am. It’s not possible to 'go back and fix' anything. The only relevant question is, 'What is the best thing to do, now, going forward, that will allow me to live a life of feeling comfortable in my own skin, be at peace, with myself, and the world?’