1: What exactly is so "brave" about admitting your sexuality to the word which she previously did and now she's admitting that she has a mental illness? Braverly would be in the lines of military people like Audie Murphy or first responders like fire fighters who go into burning buildings to rescue people. There is absolutely nothing "brave" about what Ellie has done.

2: I have a very hard time buying that she is a "true transgender". The reason being is because of how late she decided that she "felt out of place within her body". In my opinion she is having some type of midlife crisis or she's going to this extreme as a sign that she needs help. If the ladder is true then unfortunately her mental illness is going to go untreated because it would be "transphobic" to give her real metal help as opposed to accepting her path of destruction. Any sane person should be able too look at that photo and be able to tell that she is unhappy and she needs real metal help. It wouldn't surprise me if she ends up committing suicide and the reason being is because of society not accepting her "transition", not because she is obviously troubled by something.