My two cents on the matter...

Sydney and I just finished watching Dr 90210.

There were 2 segments in this episode. One was of 2 sisters getting breast implants and augmentations. The second was of a women who was a transsexual and had an operation to form her female genitalia to male genitalia.

The women, who is now a man, has 3 daughters. They did not take his change very well. They felt betrayed, disregarded, and hurt. This is to be expected. Sydney says that the guy, his name is Marco, was very selfish for doing what he did.

My thought process is almost the exact opposite.

Granted, it is not fair for his daughters to have to watch their mother turn into a man. It even more unfair that Marco had to wake up his whole life hating being in the body that he was in. Sydney doesn't understand anything about being trapped sexually.

She never had to come out to her parents and break their hearts. Or tell her loved ones that she doesn't want to be a girl anymore. She never had to wake up in the morning and put up a guard against your inner self breaking free.

That is how I felt before I came out to my parents.

I don't see how getting a sex change is any different than coming out to the people you are close with. In either version, people will look at you differently. Some people will be angry and hurt and betrayed. Some people will be proud and happy for you.

I know I hurt my parents by telling them that I am going to be who I really am and I'm done pretending to be someone that I am not. I have to live with that every day. Do you think I regret doing it though?

Not one bit.