"Would I do it all again? Of course, I would." #TEDTalks

It's not easy being a transgender woman. It's not easy being a transgender woman. I have the unique experience of having I have the unique experience of having I have the unique experience of having lived life from both sides. lived life from both sides. lived life from both sides. And I'm here to tell you And I'm here to tell you And I'm here to tell you the differences are massive. There is no the differences are massive. There is no the differences are massive. There is no way a well-educated white male can way a well-educated white male can way a well-educated white male can understand how much the culture is understand how much the culture is understand how much the culture is tilted in his favor. There's no way that tilted in his favor. There's no way that tilted in his favor. There's no way that a woman can understand the full import a woman can understand the full import a woman can understand the full import of that because being a female is all of that because being a female is all of that because being a female is all she's ever known. she's ever known. she's ever known. She might have an inkling that she's She might have an inkling that she's She might have an inkling that she's working twice as hard for half as much, working twice as hard for half as much, working twice as hard for half as much, but she has no idea how much harder it but she has no idea how much harder it but she has no idea how much harder it is for her than it is for the guy in the is for her than it is for the guy in the is for her than it is for the guy in the Brooks Brothers jacket in the office Brooks Brothers jacket in the office Brooks Brothers jacket in the office across the hall. across the hall. across the hall. I know. I was that guy. I often feel I know. I was that guy. I often feel I know. I was that guy. I often feel like an interloper, like an interloper, like an interloper, a late arrival to the serious work of a late arrival to the serious work of a late arrival to the serious work of womanhood. womanhood. womanhood. Would I do it all again? Of course I Would I do it all again? Of course I Would I do it all again? Of course I would.