[Applause] Hello. Uh, my name is Ben. I'm 17 years old and I am transgender.Um, coming to terms with that part of my identity has been very difficult for me because of the way I that the world sees me. Most days I'm faced with two types of conflict. Struggling with self-love and self-acceptance and struggling with the way that I feel society sees and perceives transgender people.I knew who I was from a very young age, but I repressed that part of me for a long time because I saw the way that transgender peo ...