The Importance of Being a Woman

"I have massive scars across my chest and the skin grafts that they use that they took of my nipples are weeping fluid today," she says. "My grades in school plummeted. Everything that I went through did nothing to address my underlying mental health issues." Puberty is a rite of passage to adulthood, not a disease to be mitigated., he writes. If you want to jump in 866-408-7669, call your local transgender support line at 1-800-273-8255 or visit www.transgenderlifeline.org.