My story is a short one but also "tragic". There Is Legend within my family that was never talked about. there are some here who can relate to this. the tought of a family member who wants to be a "girl or woman", but told this is "taboo". As a Cd growing in my teens i first heard about this distant relitive that became a "woman". For many years I tyied to find out more about this person and like some families refused to talk about it. This distant relitive I have was 20 years old when Robert made a choice in life. As a child they had a very tuff life. there parents devorced when they was 11 years old . liveing with 2 other siblings and there mother was tuff . there was times thought his young life that his mother disowned him and the others as well . Roberts had been very close with his father until he passed away . he had been living with a step mother who was very abusive mentaly . Having a troubled past Robert was placed in the care of a Surogate. At the age of 17, Robert Made a huge change in his life to try and change is past . He asked his surogate to help him and she did . At this time he had been living as a TS and in the city of Toronto ,Ontario , Canada . In Toronto he attened the Gender clinic and was given the OK to Transition over to "M to F ". It had taken Robert now Roberta just over 4 years of transitioning . During that time Roberta tried to reconect with his family and hearing that he had transitioned into a young woman they forbid it . So wanting a new life as a "pre op " woman they moved to florida. For resions unnown on New years eve 1982 Roberta and a friend tried to cross a 6 lane highway and was struck and killed . For 9 months after Roberta s death she had been a grave that was listed as "unkown " . Roberta s oldest sister had been searching for her til found out the tragic news of her TS siser "Roberta "
"This was writen in memory of "roberta Tate " who was tagicly killed new years eve 1982 "