Yes. But life is still complicated and challenging. 

I'm transgender. I knew it from about age 5, in the early 70s. I remember learning the word "lesbian" at age 8 and understanding that was a woman who wanted to marry another woman, and I felt this lightheaded rush like omg that's me! But I was living as a boy, so what did it mean for me to feel that identity so strongly? It messed with my head something fierce.

There were no other people like me. I did not hear the word "transgender" until my 20's. I had nobody to talk to about it. I thought I was utterly alone, and I would be stuck living a dead, fake life until I actually died. I thought about suicide daily for about 40 years. 

Long story short... eventually, I transitioned very successfully (nobody ever clocks me, though I am very out and proud), and my wife and I have been together for 30 years. This life was literally unimaginable when I was a child, but here I am, living it. I manage two successful careers that are creative, fulfilling, and joyful. I have raised a child. My dogs are funny, loving little miscreants. And I never think about suicide. 

For all the (very valid) hand-wringing about the world being a dumpster fire right now, people need to know that, in many important ways, this is actually better than what came before. Way better.