Few resources were available, and the common trope in media was that transgender men or women were involved in the sex industry. But four years ago, after stumbling upon a trans woman on YouTube, she began flirting with the idea again. The open, honest conversations about the struggles of being transgender gave her the courage to start living as a woman. But with the uncertainty hanging over the Trump-Pence administration, she says there’s growing unease in the transgender community. Since less than one per cent of the population identifies as transgender, social media makes it possible to build up those connections on a much broader scale.

Source: thestar February 01, 2017 21:02 UTC