Abstract
The subject of this paper, "Haru" desired to change gender from female to male. Using data obtained mainly through
interviews with Haru, this paper examined how Haru, a person with GID, learned to live with GID and also relates his
personal account of GID. This data was then analyzed from the self-narrative perspective. Haru chose to divide his
narrative into two parts: pre coming-out and post coming-out. In addition, a "transition" story was identified in the
dialogue process, linking the two parts of the story. Haru's self-narrative, pre coming-out, shifted back & forth in
terms of his understanding of his sexuality. The transition story contained a self-narrative by which Haru explained
that he had a disorder. He expressed his disorder as it related to several contexts: personal, social and medical. Post
coming-out, Haru's self-narrative was divided into seven phases.
