Brianna Harris Research Paper

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I chose Brianna Harris to write my thesis about because she was the only one with a younger child. Brianna Harris began cross dressing while he was married for 20 years at the time. When his wife found a pair of panties that did not belong to her is when Brianna's wife found out about the cross dressing. With her approval Brianna began cross dressing more in public and feeling more comfortable with living as a woman. He never said what his name was before the transition, but it might have been Brian since the name Brianna seems a logical step to choose that name. I am fully in support of cross dressing, being who you are, and also being true to yourself and others. While I loved Brianna's story I had some problems with it. Particularly that …show more content…
He has not started his transition yet. Right now he lives as a woman after moving from New York to California with his mother who completely supports his choice. When I met him he had a girlfriend and was living as a man. He still is attracted to women which may be strange in some people's cases. Some would just say why not live as a man instead and just dress like a woman? I believe that is his choice and if he feels that he should have been a woman than I support his choice. Not just because he is my friend, but because someone should have the right to be who they want to be and not defined by who they were born …show more content…
Sometimes we think we are doing things for the good of others, but sometimes they are more for us than others. We are told to be true to ourselves and others all of the time, but what happens when that truth might scar or hurt an innocent person by telling them? What if revealing whom we are inside would ruin our relationships with our family, friends, or jobs? Is it more important to tell your story or reveal whom you are inside than to keep others safe. It becomes more of a needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many. Which should be opposite the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the

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