Skye you hit on so many key points. There is a spectrum of experience for anyone transgender depending on their particular life. My writing is absolutely slanted to my personal experience.
60 years of my life was dictated by my baby boomer gender indoctrination. That is why it took 60 years for me to have suicidal panic attacks about my gender and to finally realize I am transgender.
You are absolutely right, I have not yet released my joy. I am unwinding 60 years of life and relationships to finally be me and truly I want to be.
My writing is helping do that.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. They help me through this gender jungle of discovery.