Mara Drummond:  

We have all heard how the years pass and how people change. Well for me, this is an incredible understatement. Starting in 2005, I decided to finally resolve a gender identity issue that haunted me for my entire life. I kept my feelings about my gender identity a secret during my school years as there was just too much discrimination in the 70's, 80's and 90's to let other people in my life, even my closest friends, know what I was truly feeling. But as I got older, my gender/gender identity mismatch caused too much stress, anxiety and depression inside of me. Finally in late 2005, I sought professional help for the feelings I was exeriencing and in 2006 I started a gender transition. Over the next three years, I completed that transition and since then I have gotten back to a fairly normal life. I still have the same interests as I did before, its just now everything has a slightly different aspect to it. Life goes on with a lot of good friends spread around the country and I have to say I'm very happy with the life I no...Expand for more