Being a woman in public in Florida

Oh, my. The exhilaration I felt in 2019, passing totally as a female in all conditions since my gender affirmation surgery had been so successful. 

I looked just like the unremarkable women I met as I appeared in public around the Tampa Bay area, shopping for groceries and paying my bills.

I was concerned that my mother could not accept me as a woman, because I was now a much more genuine and self-assured woman than I had ever been as a man.

When people say they “feel like a woman” this is a mild generalization because transgender women cannot accurately describe exactly what it is that makes them a woman. 

Being a woman is not a “feeling." 

Being a woman is a fact.

Gender is a fact, not a feeling. 

Keep in mind, having breasts and other female attributes aren't feelings. They are facts.

It is an identity.  You can’t explain why you are yourself; you just know you are.

So, I don't just FEEL like a woman. 

I simply AM a woman.