Atypical Transgender Late Bloomer

October 10 is World Mental Health Day (WMHD) (see U.N. , wiki .) We really don't have a mental health program in the United States. Like some other conditions, people with mental health problems are stigmatized and ostracized. Most people don't know what to do with a mentally ill person; we don't have common gradations between mildly affected and dangerous, violent sociopaths. The police definitely don't know what to do with a person who's mentally ill; they often shoot them. I have mental health issues, which is a rather indirect phrase; I am mentally ill. I have a lot of things wrong with me. Unlike some, I'm able to pass as mentally typical. In other words, I seem about as normal as your average Joe flying a Confederate flag. But I am not mentally normal. In my life, people who know my situation have been good to me. An untrained person probably can't tell by looking at me. In an America filled with exceptionalism, fetishized boot-strapping, and...

These are movies I've found useful about people discovering (or recognizing) their homosexuality late in life - the tragic Late Bloomer. Far From Heaven involves interlocking forbidden relationships. The husband has been concealing his homosexuality, but it's uncovered unintentionally during an arrest, and another time when the wife surprises him at the office. This is a great movie. All the major characters end up the worse for their experience and discovery. I think there's hidden meanings in the colors used for different scenes, and also for the titles on movie marquees seen during the film.