Mental health problems in the transgender population
Diana Feliz Oliva, a 45-year-old transgender woman who grew up outside Fresno, Calif., remembers being bullied when she was younger and feeling confused about her gender identity. She was depressed and fearful about being found out, and she prayed every night for God to take her while she slept.
“I was living in turmoil,” said Oliva, who now works as health program manager in a clinic for transgender people at St. …