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Hi, my name is
Alex. Because I smile doesn�t mean I am happy. My
heart is tearing apart. I feel so trapped. I feel so
alone. Nobody knows me for who I am. I am Nobody. I
can�t cry anymore tears. I can�t be brave anymore. I
can�t be the person that everyone expects me to be. I
feel like a zombie, while my brain is screaming and in
despair. I have agreed with Dauphin to tell my story
and how I ended up here, ready to give the ultimate
sign that I no longer am me. I am nobody. Don�t blame
Mr. Dauphin for writing my story. There are others
like me. They have no hope and that is the worst thing
a person can have. No hope. I am nobody, yet
I can be your son, your nephew, your neighbour. What
is behind a boys smile? I am 11
years old. I live with my father, who is a teacher at
the local school. He loves children, well behaved
children that are polite and wants to learn. He is
what many would call a conservative father. He doesn�t
mind giving us a slap if we are out of line. My Mum is
a housemother. She takes great pride in being a mother
of two and having such a tidy house. She likes the
neighbours to know that we are a happy family that do
not have the problems other families have. She has two
children that does well at school and help around the
home. If our neighbours didn�t know how happy we were
as a family, Mum would boast until they knew. Then I
had a little sister. She was only two years younger
than me, but she was just as tall as I was. Many
thought that we were twins. I loved my sister, but at
times she did talk too much. When my sister
was born, I was jealous. She always had the clothes
that looked the best. She was allowed to wear pink
clothes and have flowered panties. From an early age,
I realised that I thought boys clothing was so boring.
Boy�s hair was boring. In fact I fought my mother
every time my hair had to be cut. In time she accepted
that I had long hair. I must admit that I never
thought about sneaking into my sister�s room and
trying on my sisters clothes. I kept my big secret,
thinking I would be considered sick or something like
that if I told someone. I cried for help
once. In my baby�s book, Mum wrote �4 years old...
Alex told everyone at the Christmas meal that he
wished he was a girl. He has such humour, that it�s
hard not laugh at� If only mum knew that I was
serious! It wasn�t that
my parents hated me. It was they never knew what
thoughts I had or how unhappy I was that God created
me a boy. They gave me lots of toys and clothes. The
problem was that they were for boys. I liked playing
with my sisters toys and dreaming of wearing her
clothes. My world changed
when I was 11. Due to a simple incident, I was forced
to confront my trapped body. I was taking a bath. Mum
was in a panic that we were late. She was finding our
school uniforms while reminding me to wash behind my
ears. �Alex, we have a
problem.� She said, �I am behind in washing the
clothes. You have no underwear left. I have considered
what we can do and the only answer I have is that you
wear one of your sister�s panties� I couldn�t
believe my ears. This was a dream come true. Still, I
played the martyr and said that I would wear them for
one day. I rushed out of the bathtub and went into my
room. There sitting on my uniform was my sisters
panties. They were white on the sides and pink in the
front and back. There was a cute little bow in the
front of them. I felt them through my fingers. They
were so soft. I put them on, as my heart was pumping
quicker and quicker. I looked down. Despite the fact
that you could see a bulge in my panties, you could
not see if I was a boy. I put the uniform on and one
again my secret was hidden. I was more of a girl on
the inside, but nobody could see. School went
great. I was happier than I usually was. It amazing
that a simple pair of panties could change how I felt
about myself. I was now sure that there was the spirit
of a girl trapped inside me, wanting to get out. I
would have to subdue this girl inside me and hide her.
I was wise enough to know that society would never
understand. But all these negative thoughts were gone
the day I wore panties. I was allowing the girl inside
of me a chance to express herself, and the best is
that only I knew. I was in heaven. The thing was
that this was only for one day. I went back to my boys
clothes after. This made me smile and think of the day
I wore panties, while a tear went down my cheeks that
it was only one day. I had to do something otherwise I
would go crazy. I had to let the girl inside of me
appear more often. The opportunity
happened once when my sister and mum went out
shopping. Dad was watching sports on TV. I rushed into
my sister�s room and got naked. Then I put on one of
her most girly panties. It felt so good. Then I took
one of her dresses. It was a blue dress. I had frilly
sleeves and at the bottom. Does anyone know how to put
a dress on? I decided to step in it and pull it up and
after shortly wrestling with the dress, I had it on.
It was a nice dress that fit me like a glove. I looked
in the mirror and did my hair in a ponytail. Then I
looked back in the mirror. My heart was once again
beating quicker. I was so excited. I was surprised at
what I saw in the mirror. I looked exactly like a
girl. I looked like my sister. I turned on Lady Gaga,
and started dancing to her music. I was in heaven that
afternoon. I just danced and danced. I liked when the
dress rose while I twirled around. It was just like
that Marilyn Monroe picture. I read my sisters girl
magazines and played with her teddy bears. This was
the second time in my life that I felt happy. It was
like I suddenly became my sister, and could play in
her room all day. Of course the fun had to end and I
hurried to clean up what mess I made and put my boy�s
clothes on again. This was the
highlight of my life for a few weeks. I would go into
my sister�s room while my family were out, and would
have some girl time. I would try different clothes on,
and play with her toys. The only problem was that I
had to watch the window and be careful that no
evidence could be seen before they came back. It was also at
this time that I accepted that I was a girl. Sure I
had a boy�s body, but that was a birth defect. I
decided that if anyone called me a boy, I would get
mad or ignore them. I was deciding if I would tell
them that I am a girl. After long consideration I
decided that I wouldn�t have the guts to tell anyone
that I was a girl. I would just have to keep this fact
to myself. I knew that it would be a lonely feeling,
and I would really love for my parents and friends to
understand me, but I couldn�t. I was afraid people
would think I was mental or a fool. After a few
weeks of sneaking into my sister�s room, it wasn�t
enough. I was a girl and I should have been a girl all
the time. My next plan was that I would sneak into my
sisters and loan some of her panties and tights. Then
I would put them on and put my boy�s clothes over. I
also put my log hair in a ponytail, something that my
Dad didn�t like. He thought that it made me look like
a sissy and gay. Imagine what he would do if I told
him I was his daughter, not his son. Just knowing
that I had panties and tights under me was enough for
me to feel like a girl. The others didn�t know because
I had my school uniform over it. I thought that this
was the perfect compromise One day, I put
my tights and panties on. Well they were my sisters as
I said. I had my school uniform over it. I looked in
the mirror and joked to myself that I looked like a
Tomboy. I was in a great mood; this was however
destroyed when I was on the bus home. It is hard to if
I was happy at school or not. The problem is when I
got teased. I was used to being teased every day, but
I always started crying when I was teased. No matter
how much I tried not to, I cried. I think this made
some bullies tease me when they otherwise would leave
me alone. The goal for them was to make me cry. I was on my way
home in the bus. One boy said that I should cut my
hair, because it was only girls that had their hair
down to their shoulders in a ponytail. I felt a short
happiness inside me as this boy was saying that I was
a girl. But he kept on teasing me that I had long hair
and looked like a sissy. I started crying as I usually
do. I tried to move up in the bus, but he hung on to
my trousers and pulled me back. I don�t know how it
happened but my trousers fell a bit. Everyone could
see that I was wearing tights, and not only that but I
was also wearing panties. The whole bus was in
silence. Everyone stared. The big bully started
calling me names. Lucky it was my turn to get out. I
rushed home and his in my room. The next day, I
had a problem. The wise thing would be to wear my boy
briefs and try to pretend yesterday didn�t happen. But
that made me just mad. I knew I was a girl in a body
with a defect. Why should I wear clothes that others
want me to wear? I should wear the clothes that
reflected who I was� a girl. Others had to respect
this and let me be who I want. One thing is
theory of human rights, another thing is reality! As
soon as I entered school people began to whisper to
each other and others called me sissy and gay. I tried
walking by with my head high, but I knew that I was
about to cry. Lucky for me there was class. I noticed
that everyone was saying good morning to everyone, but
nobody was saying anything to me. I felt so alone at
that moment. Friends that I had yesterday were
suddenly ignoring me. At Lunch time, I
hid in the corner. Three or four boys came over to me. They asked if I
was wearing panties. I said yes. Then they
started asking me if I was a sissy. I said no Was I a girl? I
said yes A girl with a
dick! How funny is that? Was I gay? I didn�t answer. This was enough
for the boys. I was tried and judged and convicted.
All I could see afterwards were fists flying towards
me. I started crying because of the
pain. They hit my face. They hit my
stomach. They hit my privates. I fell down on the
floor. The boys just hovered over me and started
hitting again. I wasn�t crying anymore. The pain was
all over my body. After you get punched a few hundred
times, you really do not feel the pain of extra
punches. Your body is so much in pain anyhow. I tried
to fold my body as much as possible, trying to make
myself smaller. It didn�t help. The punches still hit
me. After a while, the boys stopped hitting me and
left me there. I had my eyes half open and noticed
that everyone just walked by. Nobody helped me, not
even my friends. One of the
teachers by me, and helped me up. He said that he seen
what happened and it�s time that I see the headmaster
in school. I thought of why he didn�t help if he seen
it. I was taken in the headmaster�s office. He asked
me the same questions that the boys asked me. Was I
wearing panties? Why was I wearing them? Did I like
being called girl or sissy? Why on earth would I think
that I am a girl? Mum was called
in. She was quite upset and embarrassed. She didn�t
even ask how I was. On the way home from school, she
didn�t say a word. When we came home she told me to
take a bath to get all the blood off of me. Then she
told me to get my boys clothes on and stay in my room.
I can see that she was very mad and disappointed with
me. I just wanted the chance to explain how I felt,
but every time I tried to open my mouth, she ignored
me. Dad came home
and for a long time I could hear silence. Then they
started to argue. I could hear them blame each other
and say that I was not normal. At one stage my dad was
talking about a military school. He did not want a gay
son. I could feel tears once again. I didn�t want my
parents to fight about me. I just wanted them to
understand me. This went on for a few days. I was
allowed to stay home from school. My parents thought
that I would only be beaten up again if I went to
school. A few days
later, Mum and I went to a special doctor. He was
actually a shrink. My self-esteem was at its lowest
when I found out that it was a shrink. Now my parents
thought that I was crazy. �I see that you
wore girl panties to school as well as tights� he
asked �I did for a few
weeks, and then I was caught� �Don�t you think
it�s strange for a boy to wear girl panties?� �I suppose. But
I feel more like myself when I wear them� �What about
other girl clothes, do you feel better with them on?� �Yes.� �This is very
hard for me to understand. Why would a normal boy like
wearing girl�s clothes?� �Err, because,
because I am a girl.� �Now this is
very interesting. How can you be a girl when you have
boy�s private parts?� �You mean my
dick? That is a birth defect. God made a mistake. I am
a girl� After many
questions, he told me to wait outside. My mother was
called in and spoke to him for a while. When she came
out, she gave me a hug. It was time to go home. The
fighting didn�t stop at home. Indeed it got worse. Dad
was shouting that I was not a girl and I needed a
strong hand to get these crazy ideas out of my head.
He stormed out of the house. Mum was crying. I went to
give her a hug, but she just pushed me aside saying
that I was starting at military school. The next day,
Mum took me downtown. I was in despair when she took
me to the barber shop. The barber was told to give me
a very short haircut. I cried no and struggled in the
chair. It is only when Mum started crying that I was
quiet. Now it was my turn to cry. Every cut of the
scissors felt like the punches that the boys gave me. At home, my
nails were cut short and I was told by Mum to drop any
talk about being a girl. My suitcase was packed and I
was sent to the military school. Discipline,
fitness, being a strong minded and fair man was what
the military school was all about. I listened to what
the shrink said and Mum and dad said. I was no girl. I
quickly met some friends at the military school and
never mentioned what happened at my last school. At the beginning
it went fine. I had many new friends and was doing
fine in my studies. In fact I was doing well. When my
mother and Dad visited, they were proud of me. No one
mentioned that I considered myself a girl. We talked
about the boy�s activities and how handsome I was in
the uniform. One day we were
doing arts. I started painting rainbows and flowers. A
friend of mine looked at my painting and said it was
just like a girl had done it. I closed my eyes and
said to myself that I was a girl. The old feelings
came back to me. Over the next
few days, I became once again convinced that I was a
girl. From experience I have learnt not to tell a
soul. Every time I put the uniform on, it felt like
thorns. Every time I was doing exercises, I would
think they were boring. I closed my eyes and pretended
that I was playing with Barbie�s. Even with drawing I
was drawing rainbows and puppies and hearts. You get
the idea. I now considered myself a girl and this
would lead to problems. Why am I
standing on the edge of the roof? You see, I managed
to do something that is bad. I managed to make
everyone happy while I was unhappy. Dad and Mum
considered my thinking that I am a girl as a phase.
They tried knocking it out of me by cutting my hair
and sending me to a military school. I tried doing it
their way and subdue any thought that I considered
myself a girl. Why did they not understand what was
going on in my heart and mind. I may have the body of
a boy, but I feel like a girl. I know I am a girl. Why
society is so narrow minded in thinking that God could
make mistakes. Why were my parents more concerned in
what is normal than how I felt. If I can�t be a girl, then I am nobody. This jump will be a jump to Freedom. |