Tried to complete the paperwork & get a photo taken so that I can update my driving licence to reflect my correct name & gender. Should be simple, right?
I couldn't do it.
I wound up having an autistic meltdown because I couldn't figure out the correct procedure and there was no explanatory information to help. It's like they expect everyone to know what to do & who to talk to - and being autistic, I don't know their secret handshake.
On top of that, I was massively triggered the other day by a thread here and it's made me question whether it's worth my while continuing, because my life is always going to have lots of 'buts' in it. As in: yes, I really am a guy and I always have been for as long as I can remember...
but I don't have the private parts you want so you probably won't want me, or you'll think of me as being
really a girl. This 'female' thing that I was born with is always going to follow me around; I can't see how I can ever be 100% rid of it. And I desperately,
desperately need to be 100% rid of it.
Life's tough enough when you're trans. Boy, is it tough. But when you're also autistic, it's pretty much impossible.