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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • I came out almost immediately for a couple reasons:

    • my mental health was total garbage and boymoding was literally unbearable

    • I knew that most of my friends and family were pretty accepting and open minded

    • I lived in a very diverse and accepting city at the time

    • this was during the height of Covid restrictions so nobody was going out anyway

    Basically the discomfort of hiding my true self overrode the fear of being openly and visibly trans lol

    Fortunately everyone I came out to was really positive about it. I was prepared to cut out a few of my extended family members if it came to that, but thankfully I didn’t need to

    The only thing I wish could have gone differently is that I stayed in the closet at work. I had some problematic coworkers so I didn’t feel safe being openly trans there. Unsurprisingly I didn’t last long at that job lol







  • Aw I love this community, so many wonderful replies already <3 I don’t have much to add that hasn’t been said already, so I’ll just say that everything you’re feeling and thinking is real and valid and even though we’re total strangers I’m really proud of you for taking the time to reflect and deepen your understanding of yourself because it can definitely be really scary but it’s so worth it in the end <3