_Gillo_ is spot on about the 'shock of the new.'

And this:

' recognizing privilege in yourself is especially difficult and threatening if you're used to thinking of yourself as being in an unprivileged group'.

-is so important. We all need to examine our privilege.
Yes, I'm trans and of Jewish and Romani ancestry but I'm also white, able bodied, middle class, employed and educated amongst many other privileges........