dr. jamison green is an author, speaker and advocate for the transgender community. people about the truth and history and challenges they face. he speaks from a very personal space having been born in a female body himself. >> when i transitioned back in 1988, the prevailing wisdom from professionals who facilitated these processes that you shoul d essentially just disappear. there was something wrong with you. now, we're going to fix that. you can live an ordinary life. to a certain extent i actually thought that was true. really, what happened was i started meeting people who were also going through this process. i saw so many things that were wrong with the system. i thought i can do this. i can speak up. >> reporter: his own journey of acceptance begin early. >> i had a very happy childhood. when i got into school, basically i realized i was different. when i walked into kindergarten the fird day, i went over tos wh the trucks because that is what i preferred. nobody had a problem with that. >> although some issues developed in your high and high school, the esc

dr. jamison green is an author, speaker and advocate for the transgender community. teach people about the truth and history and challenges they face. he speaks from a very personal space having been born in a female body himself. >> when i transitioned backn 1988, the prevailing wisdom from professionals who facilitated these processes that you should essentially just disappear. there was something wrong with you. now, we're going to fix that. you can live an ordinary life. to a certain extent i actually thought that was true. really, what happened was i started meeting people who were also going through this process. i saw so many things that were wrong with the system. i thought i can do this. i can speak up. >> reporter: his own journey of acceptance begin early. >> i had a very happy childhood. when i got into school, basically i realized i was different. when i walked into kindergarten the fird day, i went over to where the boys were to play with the trucks because that is what i preferred. nobody had a problem with that. >> although some issues developed in yo