Hi everyone! I'm glad I found my way here 🙂

Hi, I'm Sam. I'm 27 and am currently a student about to apply to graduate school to study writing this year, which I'm very excited about. I am also a fine art photographer who exhibits in the summer. I knew looking for a site like this was a sign life would get better and now I know it will. I started going out in makeup and figuring out my gender three years ago when I went back to school without anyone to support me. All I knew was i wanted to be free from the prison of my mind. It was the elephant in the room people carefully avoided mentioning or asking in a joking way ("What's with the guy liner?") that never gave me the space to really confide in anyone. In hindsight, this was the single most dangerous thing I've ever done and I don't consider it at all brave. I am so fortunate now to have loving support from my family and others. I know I am so incredibly fortunate and I am so grateful for every day. I can truly say for the first time I am happy to be alive and look forward to my future because I know it will be brighter than it has been.

Thanks to all of you for being here and I hope all of you have a  nice day! I hope to talk more with all of you and learn more. I have never met someone like me and I was so excited to find a site like this that tries to hard to be welcoming and kind.