I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.

I came out around 25 publicly.

What mom cares about most is that I'm happy, healthy and enjoying my life.

I've been embraced by a new community. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are; you find others like you.

So when I was about 13 or 14, I realized I was attracted to women and then made the assumption that I was a lesbian, and didn't realize that that wasn't the case. It was the fact that I was a man and a heterosexual man. The issue wasn't my sexual orientation, but rather my gender identity.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life.