I was ten years old the first time I learned the name of what I am — transgender. An aged documentary was playing on the television, and it spoke about trans and intersex people as strange anomalies, using grotesque photos to drive its point home. At age ten, I already believed that society would never accept me. So even now, as a twenty-five year old who has been out for several years and long since accepted myself as male, I still squirm when a group of new friends begins t