IX. Josephine Bautista Transgender woman I've always hoped and wished for a supportive environment: To have a person known as family supporting you 'being' trans, talking about opportunities and wishes, goals and ideas, perspectives, hopes, and dreams. In the lack of that, there was no barrier deciding to be the person doing it, other than feeling as if there was a standard to meet, being uncertain about it; I focused on seizing the means of my own communication. Being myself is not at all brave as it is not at all different from many people exploring themselves in their lives--I was not