About Me

I started my transition almost 3 years ago.

There was always the constant fluctuating back and forth between "genders" which caused even more confusion over the years and after having undergone about 8 years of on and off mental health and gender counseling in trying to figure out the why's and what's about this "need" that I couldn't shake.

It wasn't until 2006 that I met and started seeing a wonderful Gender Therapist named Dr Patricia Fawver who is in Tacoma WA.

It was then determined that I did indeed have Gender Identity Dysphoria or GID.

With my acceptance and comming to terms with this, along with the changes that I am undergoing have shown me a whole new path in life and I love it

I am now living fulltime as a female and my life has changed so much. I am enjoying a journey very few dare take, the freedom it is showing me is a wonderful new experience of discovery, but becuase this life has it pitfalls and trials just as anyone else's does I have developed a belief in the philosophy of "Those that judge do not matter and those that matter do not judge".

I realize that a attitude like that may sound strange coming from a diversity advocate but it really isn't as bad as it sounds.. It is the basis of a series of coping skills and the guideline for dealing with the daily issues of life, but more on that later.

I am also very lucky that I have a great bunch of very supportive friends who don't judge and have accepted me as the person I am. They have shown me that they too care about this journey that I have embarked on.

Stephanie Snowden