Just be who you are. The rest will come. I'm very lucky that I stumbled into the network I did, it helped. I also had a very understanding partner who tried as hard as they could to help me.

When I said that it wasn't an easy road, it's partially to blame because it's so long for some. It took me years to finally admit that I was different. It's now taken me longer to figure out how to make me into a reality.

Just be you and the rest will follow. Research, talk to others, find a community. Thats what helped me most. Finding people like me. They have become my family, more so than my blood family. That's all I got.

This.

This is the number one most important thing. "To thine own self be true."

Anything else will only make your path harder and will make self-discovery slower and more painful.