She didn't feel safe as a trans woman in America. So she found peace on the Atlantic Ocean.

She didn't feel safe as a trans woman in America. So she found peace on the Atlantic Ocean.

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. At 6 years old, Kelsey Granger was obsessed with Ariel’s character in “The Little Mermaid.” “[I think it] had something to do with the transform[ation] and the feeling of being trapped in a world that you don’t feel that you belong in,” she told Uncloseted Media. Now 32 years old, Granger’s reality is surprisingly close to Ariel’s: She lives full…