BECOMING A MAN AT THE YMCA “It provided a dress...

“It provided a dress rehearsal place for my emerging male self as I achieved a series of ‘firsts’ there… At the Y I came out as trans to people other than close friends; I dealt with the awkwardness of shifting from one name to another; I moved from the women’s locker room to the men’s locker room. I also dealt with the awkward times when I’d get ‘she’d’ in the weight room…” - Art M. Blake

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I was a regular at the Y through the beginning of my transition. Unfortunately, the one I was going to didn’t have...
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