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Early life

I was born as Wayne Allen Morris at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), in Charleston, South Carolina, on September 13, 1977. I was assigned male at birth. It was the only time in my life that I was popular. Since I weighed 11 pounds 13 ounces (5.4 kg), I had to be put into the front of the nursery; so many people wanted to see the "Morris baby".

I was raised in a very strict Christian home. Therefore, I was sheltered from a lot of things that other people consider "normal". I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior in either late 1985 or during the majority of 1986, when I was eight years old. It was also around this time that I first started feeling the desire to dress up as, and eventually physically become, a woman. However, due to my upbringing, I couldn't do anything about it. Besides, I had no one to discuss it with, either. So, I just kept it inside me. A few days, weeks, or months later, the thoughts disappeared. Those thoughts would pop into my head for a time period of a few days to a few months. They would disappear, and I would never think about them again until the next time they popped into my head. During the intervening time, life went back to "normal", or so I thought.

School

I attended Park Circle Elementary School in Hanahan, South Carolina for kindergarten (1982-1983), first grade (1983-1984), and possibly second grade (1984-1985; I have a horrible memory, so I have forgotten by now). I attended Fishburne Elementary School for possibly second grade, third grade (1985-1986), and fourth grade (1986-1987). I then attended Hanahan Middle School for fifth grade (1987-1988) and the beginning of sixth grade (1988). In October 1988, Pastor David Wenger spoke at my church, the now-closed Northgate Baptist Church. Along with a sermon, he presented information on a Christian school that he was the principal of, The Christian Academy of Charleston (CAC). Since I was sick of what was being taught in public school, and I was a strong Christian, I decided to attend. I went to CAC from October 1988 (during my sixth grade year) to my graduation from twelfth grade in 1995. This school used the Accelerated Christian Education curriculum, which used self-paced booklets (called "paces") instead of having a teacher in front of a class. Since I was horrible at writing compositions, I got very behind in my school work. Eventually, I had to stay behind for a month of summer school, nearly all of it English. The school allowed me to still go through my graduation ceremony, though.

College

I attended Pensacola Christian College for one year (1995-1996). I studied toward an Associate degree in computer science. When I was there, I met my first girlfriend, Chastity Lynn Eakins. Near the end of that year, I felt like God wanted me to change my major to accounting. I also felt that He wanted me to leave the college. I went back to North Charleston, South Carolina, where my parents were living at the time. On one of the phone calls to Chastity, I started getting the feeling that God wanted me to attend college in the Louisville, Kentucky area, where she was from. She put me in touch with an admissions counselor at Sullivan College. He answered the phone as "Bond. Jim Bond." He thought I would get a kick out of that. I finished the Certificate (step down from an associate degree) in accounting; however, the college didn't award it to me. At the time, I felt that God wanted me to switch my major back to computer science. Since the accounting was getting too hard, and I wanted to study computers, I didn't care about getting the certificate. I started on the Associate of Science in Computer Science with an Option in PC Support Specialist degree. It was simply learning Microsoft Office 95 and a little bit of programming in QBasic. In early 1998, near the time that I was supposed to graduate, I was missing classes due to hanging out with a roommate too much. As a result, my grades dropped, and I didn't graduate. So, I went back to South Carolina.

Before the Navy

I worked at positions as an office assistant around my area that were through employment agencies. Twice, I was on the verge of being hired on by the company that I was working at. I worked at Behr Heat Transfer, an American satellite of Behr GmbH & Co. KG, a German truck radiator company. Behr enjoyed my work so much that they were about to hire me on. Just before that would have occurred, all the temporary workers were let go, due to budgetary reasons. I was upset. I felt that God wanted me to attend DeVry University in Alpharetta, Georgia, at the end of 2000. I attended, working toward a computer-related degree. I attended for two semesters. Near the end of the second semester, I started researching my financial aid. I found out that most, if not all, of my financial aid was not covering my college expenses; I had no idea where it was going. I talked to the financial personnel there. Her reaction was basically, "Oh, well." So, I had to leave and go back to South Carolina. One employment agency got me a job as an office assistant at Briggs Plumbing, a bathroom fixture company. I was working for a while, and was almost hired on by that company. Then, the world went crazy.

September 11, 2001

On the bright and clear Tuesday morning of September 11, 2001, I went to work like usual. I was doing some data entry and overheard someone say that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I just assumed that a Cessna or prop plane had gotten lost or experienced a malfunction and hit one of the towers. A while later, someone set up a small television to show the news coverage. It was turned to The Today Show on NBC. We would get snapshots of coverage when walking by the TV. More and more people started crowding around the set. While we were watching, we saw a second plane hit the second tower. Later on, the camera coverage was switched to a short building that was smoking as well, but didn't indicate what or where it was for a short while. Then, they revealed that The Pentagon was also hit by a third plane. I kept thinking it was unreal. It was shown that a fourth plane had been hijacked and been crashed due to the actions of the passengers and crew, attempting to take back control of the plane. Shortly afterward, Briggs laid off all the temporary workers, also due to budgetary reasons.

Navy (2002-2014)

After that, nearly all the available jobs in my area disappeared. I didn't have enough money to move anywhere, and I didn't have a car, so I basically got backed into a corner. Eventually, I enlisted in the United States Navy (USN). I signed the paperwork at the end of October 2001. I went to boot camp at Recruit Training Command on Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago, Illinois (March 20 to May 24, 2002). Then, I went to Naval Nuclear Power Training Command on Naval Weapons Station Charleston for training to be a Machinist's Mate (Nuclear) (MM-N). The nuclear power Navy ratings are collectively the hardest educational program in the USN and third hardest in the country, so not many people graduate. I failed out and reclassified as an Electronic Warfare Technician (EW). I went to Corry Station in Pensacola, Florida for EW training (2002-2003). On May 19, 2003, I was stationed on my first ship, USS Gettysburg (CG-64), a guided-missile cruiser, at Naval Station Mayport in Mayport, Florida, just east of Jacksonville. On October 1, 2003, the EW rating merged with Cryptologic Technician – Technical (CTT). At the end of June 2007, I was stationed on my second ship, USS Taylor (FFG-50), a guided-missile frigate, also at NS Mayport. In July 2011, I was stationed to the National Security Agency's Friendship Annex, near Baltimore, Maryland for training on the Technical Electronic intelligence (TechELINT) discipline of my USN rating. It was so difficult for me, I wasn't able to graduate. While I was there, I experienced the 2011 Virginia earthquake. I got stationed at Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Georgia on Fort Gordon, near Augusta, Georgia. I worked in the Signals intelligence (SIGINT) office.

The real me

In February 2014, the thoughts of dressing up and physically becoming a woman popped in my head again, but didn't go away. I got online and about hit the floor. I didn't know there was a whole world dedicated to crossdressing and transgender ideas. I bought some dresses, high heels, makeup, wigs, and some other things I needed and started going out dressed as a woman.

Navy (2014-2016)

At the end of 2014, I got stationed at NIOC Georgia's Surface Deploying Shop. I worked there for about a year and a half. My last day in the Navy was March 19, 2016.

After the Navy

I didn't have a job lined up before I got discharged from the Navy, so I had to attempt to join the United States Navy Reserve (USNR). I then got a job opportunity lined up with a subcompany of the Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation, also on Fort Gordon, but it was contingent on my security clearance. Evidently, mine was revoked in April 2016, only about a month after I got out, since I wasn't using it, although it was still valid for another one to three years. However, no one in the USN informed me that it was revoked. I worked at a job with Advantage Solutions as a Retail Data Collector, scanning barcodes and collecting other information in different stores in this area. I waited for the recruiter to inform me whether I was approved to join the United States Navy Reserve (USNR). However, I had to have a physical. Supposedly, it said that I had an enlarged spleen, even though I had served 14 years on active duty, and no one ever told me I had that before. I was told that this condition is a disqualifying factor for entrance into the USNR. After that, I gave up the Advantage Solutions job. I was unemployed again until May 2018. My ex-wife had been helping me search for a job, and had put in an application for me with Walmart. I had an appointment for an interview at the Walmart store in Evans, Georgia, as part of the overnight Modular/Price Change Team (Mod Team) that changes the displays and shelf pricing labels. I worked that position until early 2019, when I was moved to the overnight Maintenance Team (i.e., janitorial position).

COVID-19

In early 2020, talk began circulating about a virus originating in China. the coronavirus variant COVID-19 (caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) began to surface in the United States. Walmart suspended its point system for tardies and absences. Every so often, I felt too bad to go in. So, I took advantage of this situation. I actually began to abuse the privilege later on. After a while, I began feeling better, but – since my sleep schedule got messed up during this time – I began to get too tired to go to work. One night, I made myself go in, since I started feeling like my old self again. My computer account was disabled, so I couldn't clock in. The shift manager told me that I was being terminated. Evidently, the company reinstated the point system while I was gone, but no one contacted me about it. So, yet again, I was unemployed for a while.

My ex-wife, who is much better at finding jobs for myself than I do, found me a part-time job at The Home Depot, also in Evans in January 2021. This position was in the Garden department. Since I needed a full-time job, I needed another part-time job to fill in the financial gap of one part-time position. On LinkedIn, I found a Sales Merchandiser position with Anderson Merchandisers, a merchandising company headquartered in Texas, but with employees across the country. This position was very similar to my Mod Team job with Walmart.

My Home Depot position was a seasonal one and ended in April. I had a disagreement with personnel at the Walmart I was working in for the Anderson position. I was told that I was being terminated. Yet again, no work.

At the end of May, I traveled to Jacksonville, Florida, to visit my ex-wife and take a carload of my stuff there, since it was looking like I was going to have to move. Work was easier to find down there. During the nearly two weeks I was gone, I had at least two in-person job interviews and at least one phone interview. Lowe's called me for a traveling merchandising position. It was working in four different stores. The position was 40 hours a week, broken down to four 10-hour shifts, so I would have had Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays off. However, since the car I had at the time (2006 Infiniti G35) was about to break down, I didn't think it would be good to actually take that position. I was offered a typical eight-hour shift (Monday through Friday).

In early 2022, the G35 finally broke down. I had to sell it back to CarMax, where I had originally bought it from. I started driving the Infiniti G37 that had been my ex-wife's.

Contact

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