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Always evolving (by Steph Francs)

Hi, my name is Steph. I’m a genderfluid human under the trans spectrum living in Arizona with my very supportive spouse. Today is 3/31/2022. This day happens to be Transgender Day of Visibility and I want to share my story. From a young age, maybe 5 or 6, I started trying on what was considered by society the "wrong clothes". I had a lot of gender curiosities at that same time and remembered multiple times when I wished I were born a girl. I inquired about it with my parents and was quickly shot down with the idea of shame that boys were not supposed to like things that girls liked, such as certain toys, colors, clothes, and makeup. I didn’t understand but to them, no matter what, boys had to do boy things and girls had to do girl things. And there was no crossing of those lines. I often wondered, if I can’t express how I feel inside, what am I doing here? So, I somehow learned how to suppress it, and knowing what I know now, that was not a healthy thing to be doing. As a r...