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STRATFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — It’s been 10 years since Tony Ferraiolo chronicled his journey in the documentary “A Self-Made Man.”

“A lot of people who are older trans people will say, ‘These kids, they got it easy, they got it easy,'” Ferraiolo, who is a transgender man, said. “They don’t have it easy, because the internal struggle of ‘OK, my God, this is who I am. Do I risk coming out? Who am I gonna lose? Am I gonna lose my parents? Am I gonna lose my friends? Am I gonna be bullied at school?’ All that pressure.”

He transitioned in 2005 and is credited with empowering thousands of transgender youth.

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by Rich Coppola