Kimberly Reid

He was really gonna support me.

It was gonna be much more complicated seeing my older brother.

We'd always had a really complicated relationship.

And there was something really big about me that he did not know.

And that's that the last time he saw me, years and years before, I was male.

He was not aware that I had transitioned from being male to being female.

And, you know, I always wanted to tell him, I was trying to find the right time, the right place trying to, you know, get up the nerve.

I was worried about his reaction, maybe that, you know, he was a bit conservative, he had a temper, I didn't know how it's gonna happen.

And I just kept putting it off and never found the right time.

And here we are, at the time where I have to deal with all this stuff.

Mark wasn't the only one who didn't know my story.

My whole hometown didn't know about me either.

And, you know, I was trying to find a way to tell Mark.

I just kind of figured with my hometown, I just wouldn't ever go back there again.

So my mom calls my brother and in one phone call tells him that he lost his father and that he now has a sister.

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And I have to say, Mark was really great.

He got off the plane.

We met him at the airport.

He gave me a hug.