Today is a big day for me as I hit the 20 year mark. My boyfriend treated me to lunch and my Grandpa has a surprise for me tonight so I'm excited! My Grandma and Grandpa were the only ones in my family that didn't disown me when I came out. I've lived on my own since graduating High School. I lived with my grandparents from when I was 4 up until graduating high school. They supported me and I'm very grateful. School wasn't very enjoyable for me because I had no friends and I was always an outcast. I had one real friend growing up and she died our Senior year of High School after committing suicide because of bullying stemming from her comming out as Lesbian. I was there when she did it and I tried to get her to stop, she knew she was loved but couldn't take anymore of thebullying. I got lucky as far as male puberty was concerned because I had a "deficiency" when it came to my hormones. That meant that I never had to deal with my voice changing or growing facial/body hair. I started Estrogen therapy at 15 and gradually came out of my shell. I had one teacher in high school that really made high school better for me because she knew what i was dealing with.