Twenty Five years ago, on March 6th, 2000, I walked into my job at Kinko's and began living my life as a woman.

I wouldn't start hormones for about six more months. I had been living more as a woman than a man since 1997, been living occasionally as a woman since 1993, and cross dressing since the 80s.

I wish I could say things have gotten better since March 6th 2000, but it's not. But today, I will celebrate 9131 days of survival, and worry about surviving another day tomorrow.