Quote text: "Transition is not appropriate for everyone. But it’s appropriate for many people, and it was appropriate for me. So thanks to that therapist, I was introduced to books, to the Gender Identity Center of Colorado, and to a lot of resources that helped me make a decision about what I was going to do. So that’s when I decided I was going to transition. It’s really important for people to understand... the majority of people who have some sort of misalignment with their gender identity and physical body do not transition. I also think it’s important for people to know that for those people who do decide to transition, it’s a medical necessity. It’s not a cosmetic surgery. It’s not optional."
Quote text: "At first, I said, “Well, as long as I know what’s wrong with me, so to speak, I can live with that.” That only lasted a couple weeks until I said, “No, I can’t, I’m going to transition.” And then I did. I took hormones, I had some surgery. I haven’t had genital surgery – some people say that’s really nobody’s business... and in most cases, it’s not. However, I think it’s important for people to know we don’t all have genital surgery, and that’s for a variety of reasons: One is choice. Some people choose not to. Many, many people can’t afford it, and are still not feeling whole... Some people for health reasons can’t have surgery. Another thing people need to understand is that transition is done when you say it’s done – when you feel whole and complete in who you are. And that’s different for everybody."
Age 42, after confiding in therapy that he'd always felt like a boy/man, Matt finally learned abt #TransIdentity. He began medical transition, volunteered with Equality Colorado & the Gender Identity Center of Colorado & wrote for #OutFrontColorado, spending 8yrs as Managing Editor from 2007.
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