As a freelance writer, Diane devotes his life story through an article titled 'Goodbye Husband, Wife Hello', published in the Boston Globe. He talked about his struggle to receive the husband as a transgender.
Fragment of a story that happened in 2004 that made Diane cried every day. It also made him wonder about the other secrets which her husband might still be hidden. "My physical and emotional stress (at the time)," wrote Diane.
Increasingly severe struggle when her husband who is now 47-year-old decided to change its name to Lina. Through his article, Diane called her marriage a long painful process, where most couples are not able to survive.
While Lina felt that the relief has opened the secrets of his life in front of his wife. "I finally made a decision and are free from heavy loads," Lina said in an interview with ABC News.
Lina who works at one of these companies said that the medical analysis Diane need to forget about him following a painful old memories. He kept telling Diane that was the best decision. He did not want Diane deeper pain.
"What I fear is that you (Diane) will see me as a monster or a freak just like everybody looks at me, even more cruelly," Lina sentence is what ultimately makes Diane began to open up and accept what it is Lina.
Experienced a similar story of Helen Boyd, author of My Husband Betty '. Women who celebrate wedding anniversary-10 was also passed during the long struggle to accept her husband's condition is a transgender. Initially, she also cried when he knew would lose her husband's manliness.
"He is still charming and can make me laugh when I have no reason to laugh. We have the same view of the world and he knows me better than anyone, "said Helen, who was very sincere accompany her husband who has turned into a woman.
A Lesbian Gay Bisexual institutions and Transgender (LGBT) said there are about 750 thousand transgender in America. They generally suffer discrimination in various sectors of life such as education, employment, and health services.
In a survey, as many as 45 respondents experienced the destruction of the relationship because of their transgender identity is revealed. Surprisingly, 55 percent were able to survive in a harmonious relationship with the status that carried.
