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By high school, he had changed his name to the ambiguous j. For a while, he lived as a lesbian. "It didn't feel right either, but it was closer." After moving away to school and having better access to services, support groups and medical care, Wallace decided to transition. Wallace said in some ways it is more difficult to be transpersonal, than gay -- though he acknowledges that neither is easy -- simply because the changes, such as clothing, are more obvious. "As a lesbian, I could show up somewhere and not be (seen as) a lesbian," he said. "When you transition sexes, there's no way to hide that." And the issues, bathroom access for example, only become more complicated. "The amount of challenges (trans people) face are so difficult, they don't take these things lightly," he said. "You don't take on these challenges unless it's really important to you and how you live in the world." Wallace said his family has been very supportive of his transition and has had little negative reaction. "People tell me I'm much happier, and I am," he said. "And that's a lot more me feeling comfortable with who I am." While many people preach tolerance when it comes to those different from them, Lisa says she would rather be accepted than tolerated. "Being tolerant just means you're putting up with it. I don't want to teach tolerance when I can teach acceptance." That's one of the reasons she enjoys working with children. "Adults are far more judgmental," she said. "We learn judgments and stereotypes from what we're brought up with. Kids are kids, they like people for who they are." 3RD LINE 4TH LINE Trafalgar Community Policing Committee Invites You To Learn About GRAFFITI Right Here in Oakville "What Are the SocioEconomic Impacts?" 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