A refreshingly honest and authentic description of a courageous and often lonely life journey. Theresa Miles is a technical writer by trade, but now offers a completely unabashed chronicle about fighting for her own truth amidst a world of hidden disparities. From each carefully crafted chapter comes a host of windows, tools, and graceful insights into an experience for anyone who has felt lost or alone, giving a framework of self-acceptance, love, courage, & resiliency. Her rediscovery of purpose includes critical situational messages that touch on bias and bigotry when living in a self-inspired role opposite and hidden from almost everyone. Consider this book as a great gift for starting or continuing a conversation. So goes the truism, 'people don't know what they don't know.' Equally true is that to fully listen & hear someone else's story- you often follow a transformation of thought and replacement of preconceptions. While every story is uniquely one's own- the story of 'Hiding in Plain Sight,' speaks to the plight of so many marginalized communities and demonstrates how one spent nearly a lifetime working to put it all into perspective. This work is a fantastic guide for folks navigating how to be a loving ally or advocate, or simply those just wanting to understand more dynamically. Asking self-directed questions is often a great 'first step'. What began as a faith-inspired gratitude journal served as the very foundation & framework that Teri worked to keep before & after her transition. The book's key premise is that readers will learn from Teri's experience providing a prompt for LGBTQ+ youth and adults to begin their self-analysis... facing their challenge spelling out their thoughts & wrestling with them as she has so masterfully done. Her deepest hope is that readers searching for meaning learn and educate others and bear witness through advocacy. Use this book to educate yourself... to challenge yourself to practice unconditional love.