My name is Adam
I look at me new school. Its like any other school I guess. Pretty blonde cheerleader and her cute football player boyfriend. There was a guy who is just seem to cool for his own good. I look over at a girl with short curly hair giggling with her friend who was Indian. I look at my step brother. He would have no problem fitting into Degrassi. He was popular. He was cool. He was "normal" ha! Whatever normal meant . I was unsure what normal was but I knew I wasn't.
My whole life I knew I was different. From day I could understand who I was, I knew I wasn't like other girls. Most girl like to play with dolls, I like trucks. Some girl got into their mother's makeup and I got into dirt. Most girls love to dress up and give each make over's and I would rather go run and play sports. And finally most girls looked like girls and I well I was a guy.
I am transgender. I always knew I wasn't a girl. That is why I always called Adam. No one ever called me anything different. I would start fresh here at Degrassi as Adam.
I hate starting over. How do I even explain how I am a girl but I dress and act like a guy? How do you explain such self loathing to someone? How the body you were given is the body you hate? How can you possibly make people understand? You can't. I learned that the hard way. People are just blind to what they don't understand. Maybe if I was actually a guy I wouldn't be wrong. That this feelings inside of me would right.
I looked at the Curly haired girl and her Indian friend. I sighed and walked up to them
"Hi, I am new here. My name is Adam and yes I am transgender."
Authors Note: I am so excited to see Adam in action. My best friend growing up was transgender. I used to sit and talk to her about why she dressed like that. This is no lie some of the things she told me. My sister who is gay also told me the thing about her wanting to be a guy, and her feelings for girls wouldn't be wrong. So this is in honor of my sister and my best friend. I love you both.