Becoming Diana: One Trans Woman’s Journey To Self-Acceptance

thefrisky.com – Julie Gerstein

There’s a well-known nursery rhyme that asks, “What are little boys made of? / Slugs and snails / And puppy-dogs’ tails … What are little girls made of? / Sugar and spice / And everything nice.” It’s a tiny piece of a larger puzzle aimed at helping little girls and boys understand their place in the world. For most people, biology is destiny and that’s all – but for some, biology is a confusing, fraught, and frustrating concept, because their external bodies don’t match their internal feelings.