I've been thinking about this for a while now... My name is Jade, and I'm 18 years old. I was born female but identify as male, or rather as "femboy". It's hard to explain, but I like the way it sounds when people call me that.

I grew up in a pretty rough neighborhood. My parents were never really there for me, so I had to fend for myself from an early age. I started getting into trouble with the law pretty quickly - you know, small stuff at first, but eventually I ended up getting caught shoplifting and landed in juvenile detention. That's where things took a turn.

In prison, I met this guy who changed my life forever. He was older, maybe in his mid-twenties, and he had this... this presence about him that just drew me in. We became fast friends, and I learned so much from him - not just about sex and relationships, but about myself too.

One day, we got caught messing around with each other in the prison showers (don't ask), and we both ended up getting transferred to a special facility for "troublemakers". But it was actually kind of a blessing in disguise. We met all these other guys who were into similar things as us - bondage gear, leather, vinyl... it was like a whole new world opened up.

Eventually, I got paroled and moved out to the desert where my girlfriend (now ex) had a tent set up