I didn't want to agree with this, but I do. I know why, too. This isn't one of those things you want to accept, but I find I have already been in agreement with the sentiment in this video for the last 3 years I've known but been in the closet. I wanted to make sure I knew that I would be making the right choice, I suppose. I let the idea sit on the backburner as I worked to get my life together, and low and behold it hasn't gone away. I figured even 20 was too young to know for sure, and I was far from making adult decisions even then (my most qualified decision was: "yes, I would like some heroin.) I really don't want this to be true, but I'm at a point where I'm doing it regardless of what I want because I know it'll kill me not to. With that said, I am 100% with you on the demand that everyone acknowledge and respect whatever identity you put forth. That's such an egocentric way to look at the world. In the end, I couldn't give a fuck if people refer to me as a male forever, because I have the plumbing and the chromosomes to match. All that's important to me is that I'm able to look into the mirror and not want to carve out my own face like a jack-o-lantern. I want to have a vain external validation to match the experience I feel inside my head, and that's it. I'll introduce myself as a woman, but I'd never presume to speak for them or even hold anyone to a standard of respecting my choice (because I generally don't respect anyone else) so it's really just going to be entirely to avert further masculine development. I couldn't imagine transitioning just to be accepted. I don't have feminine interests, though, so I can't really understand why anyone would transition to suit their interests. My own are neutral; music, literature and death. My stance going into this whole thing is essentially this: I'm changing myself in a way that will make people even less likely to accept me, but I've always been a weirdo and I'm not fucking doing it for anyone but myself. Acceptance in any way is really the smallest part of it. I'm never going to fit in, so my focus should be entirely on myself. If my primary concern ever becomes something like being able to hang out with more girls, then I'm probably going to stop dead in my tracks because I do that well enough as a male. I shouldn't demand women accept me as a women to hang out with me. I just want to be able to love myself, and I fear I'll never do that if I'm always scowling at my masculine features. I'm not sure if that's the sort of message you intended, but your video still resonates with me.