Probably unnecessary NB: DO NOT read the comments on Dear Abby's site. Although I did enjoy that one that proclaimed that life was "obviously about facing every fear and mastering every weakness" (emphasis added), not about being, you know, happy.

I'm a wee bit confused by Abby's advice. Did she miss the part where the LW said they have a "deep, burning desire to be a woman"? This sounds like good advice for a cisgender man who is a cross-dresser, but that doesn't seem to be what's going on, here. Others?