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steve2470

(37,455 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 09:57 AM Apr 2015

Late-Life Transition Like Bruce Jenner's Full of Challenges, Rewards, Experts Say

http://consumer.healthday.com/mental-health-information-25/psychology-and-mental-health-news-566/bruce-jenner-s-late-life-transition-not-an-easy-one-experts-say-698657.html

FRIDAY, April 24, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Patricia Harrington is many things: a woman in her 60s, a successful physicist and radiation oncology programmer, and currently the intake coordinator for the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund.

The New York City native is also someone with firsthand knowledge of what it means to undergo the complex journey from male to female, something former Olympic champion Bruce Jenner is expected to speak about in a "20/20" interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer on Friday evening.

"I was very cautious," Harrington said. "It's not a day and night kind of thing. When I was very young I was severely bullied, so after that I kind of closed down and spent decades denying who I was.

"When that finally became unbearable, I began to explore the options and test the water in slow motion," she added. "I began at 40, and very slowly tried to undo years of repression. I experimented with cross-dressing. I was lucky enough to connect with people and get support, and I built up my self-confidence, and eventually came out at work."

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Late-Life Transition Like Bruce Jenner's Full of Challenges, Rewards, Experts Say (Original Post) steve2470 Apr 2015 OP
K&R marym625 Apr 2015 #1
my pleasure, my friend! steve2470 Apr 2015 #2
I will try! marym625 Apr 2015 #3
Thanks for posting this, Steve. City Lights Apr 2015 #4
my pleasure! nt steve2470 Apr 2015 #5
Excellent post... ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #6
k&r TDale313 Apr 2015 #7
kick for overnight crowd nt steve2470 Apr 2015 #8

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
6. Excellent post...
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 10:07 AM
Apr 2015

I look forward to reading more stories written by people who are comfortable in sharing who they are so that someday (hopefully soon) differences are celebrated instead of reviled.

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