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Yes, several identify themselves as trannies.
I know two, and like most forms of "coming out", they were originally met with negativity but now are accepted fully.
I am transsexual. And while I'm not out to very many people IRL, the few people that know it has been a positive thing. But the people who know as of now I knew would be the ones who would not have an issue with it. But everyone else, including family, is next and coming up soon. And my mom I am not looking forward to because she worked with a transwoman some time ago and my mom had some very mean, hateful, and nasty things to say about her. My brother and dad are both homophobic. My sister and her oldest daughter though I can see not having that big of a deal with it, and getting over it the quickest.
I have my doubts they ever actually pursue something like that, and if it happens it will likely be a by-product of research into something else. The reason I think this is because there are very many alternatives to XX/XY, and the effects of many of them would not be changeable by altering chromosomes. One such example would be women who are born with XY chromosomes, and have testicles instead of ovaries. Turning the Y into an X would really not change anything about them. As for hormone therapy and surgeries related to transitioning from one sex to the other, they wouldn't be enhanced or changed by changing the chromosomes so I just really don't see the ability to change sex chromosomes ever being a major research project.
Some transpeople do just that; leave without telling anyone where they went to start a new life. It is even passed around as a possible option on some trans-related web forums. Myself though I do plan on starting a new life away from here when I move to start at a university, but I don't see it as starting over because it's really nothing more than a new location and new people.
I do not have any children. But even if I did, the only reason I would leave them would be if I feared for their safety, in which that case they would be going to live with my parents so I really wouldn't be leaving them.
Actually with the life I'm planning I won't be staying where I'm at for much longer anyways. For one I am going to school to be an anthropologist, so there will be the potential I will be gone for several months, possibly longer than a year, at a time. I plan on living and working in Japan for a few years as well. So regardless if things go my way I am constantly going to be on the go anyways with an academic career. But another reason for relocating is to move to somewhere that is more friendly towards transsexuals. Not many places are actually that good, and even the better places like Thailand are no paradise, there are at least some places that have anti-discrimination laws in practice. Where I live now it is fully legal to fire someone from their job just because they are transsexual.
That unfortunately does happen many times because the individual feels that those close to them will not be able to take the news, and may turn hostile and/or violent towards them. It's sad that it happens, but it is a strong indication of broken lines of communication within a family. Sometimes it is a necessity though, especially for teens who often take to the streets than endure with the mental and physical abuse of their parents.
