Facebook?

[lydia_s]

Kept the same account. Only updated the picture though. It still has my old name since I don't widely go by Lydia right now. I'll change it once I'm able to pass. But in the meantime I'm sure most of everybody figured it out that I'm trans. Luckily they've generally been accepting and I've even gotten some complements. If they don't like it they can unfriend me. I think one did and I didn't even know him that well. Oh well.

[Devlyn]

Holy smokes, Orihime! You've been a very naughty girl!! 

Holy smokes, Sadie! You've got a new avatar! 

[Sara Thomas]

Holy smokes, Sadie! You've got a new avatar! 

I've been wanting a change up, but had little to choose from... I kinda imagine the name will go next - Sadie seems to be more the name of a character (not to mention a favorite among canines, big and small - lol), and less a name that's found a home in my heart.

[Blaine]

I made a new account the other day and briefly friended myself to go re-like all of the pages I follow. I'm currently going down my "friends" list and deleting people before I come out. So far I've gotten it from about 130 to 48. I'm aiming for 35 or less; less would probably be better. I'll see who is worth keeping around when they move to my new page.

My only issue is that I keep in touch with teachers I was really close to in high school through Facebook. I'm debating whether or not to wait until I visit them one last time in May before I change over. It'd give me a chance to come out in person to them, which I don't get with my friends since most of them moved out of state. Then I get to start thinking about whether or not I'll go to my 10 year reunion. Decisions...

[Sweet_Steffy_Bee]

I signed.up for.Facebook when you had to be a college student. Never used it. It's still there and if you know me well, you can find me. But no one has. Oh well, seems like I would wind up addicted and I already need to quit smoking 

[Jamie D]

Holy smokes, Orihime! You've been a very naughty girl!! 

That error falls somewhere within this hierarchy (most serious to least serious):

FUBAR
RFU
SNAFU
FU
Goof

BTW - What's "Facebook"?

[KayCeeDee]

Oh my that is hilarious! I guess I'm back in good graces now. 

[Liminal Stranger]

I had always avoided it like the plague, but then I made one under my birth name and put it as female, typed up my first post to come out to anyone I would end up adding, friended a bunch of people, then changed my name and gender on there, leaving my birth name in parenthesis up until today. Dropped it because that name annoys me. I don't like it as a social networking site but took advantage of it for coming out to friends instead of going around one by one or getting a megaphone and running down the halls shouting "I'M TRANSGENDER! I'M REALLY A BOY AND MY NAME IS MAX!!!111", which would be silly.

[eloij]

I was thinking about what to do with my FB account when I started to transition.
I finaly decided to keep my old account and just change name and gender. Before I did it however I removed some "friends" that I did not want to share my new side of me with. Friends I hadn't met in like years. I also removed all of my male pics from facebook.
And when all that was done I thought I would get tons of messages asking me what I was up to. Well. lucky enough no one reacted in any way...

[couch tater]

I didn't even have a facebook until 2009 and that was several years after changing my name, so it wasn't an issue. I'm up to 17 friends on it now, lol. 

[Nicole]

clicked "not sure" because I wanted to put "other"

btw, add me on http://facebook.com/nicoleluvzya

[Rowan Rue]

I had deleted my old account six or seven months before I came out.  Probably wouldn't have bothered to make a new account except I needed to be able to moderate my business'  page.  I actually like it more than I used too.  Partly it's because I'm more selective about friend requests and partly because the new feed control settings are actually pretty nice.  Being able to turn off updates from the few "crazy" friends I have has made the whole experience quite pleasant

[jamielikesyou]

Accidentally outed myself to one of my wife's friends due to my "F" designation when I created a new account. No one else has noticed yet. 

[Jeepgirl90]

I found it easier to make a new account tbh, there where quite a few people on my friends list, I really couldn't care less about anyway

[XchristineX]

I work for a first nation owned camp catering company...
We hire our own....so I work with people that k ow my dad siblings
Cousins you name it...
LOL I am not going to tell them...but I imagine they will figure it out
Real fast hehhe in the next two months as thats when HRT. Really
Starts it's magic....

Facebook will flow after coz all my fb are my co workers heheh
Wish me. Luck

[Sebb]

I lucked out because, when I was in high school, I deleted my Facebook account when I was a sophomore. I joined back up when I started college, because I wanted to network.

For maybe one or two months after starting college, I was going by my birth name (it's unisex, but unfortunately used more for females than males). But when I got to the point that I wanted to change it, I just put up a post, emailed my teachers, and asserted myself as my current name.

Weirdly enough, I still get friend requests from people that went to my high school. It's really awkward, and I don't even know how they find me anymore, since I look so different.

[RachelH]

I made a new FB account. When I was ready I cut all the people who I knew from my old account that I had absolutely no interest in, or wish to know what was happening in my life (that was a lot of people), and posted my life event explaining I was transitioning and starting my RLE.  I said I was going to invite them all to my new account shortly.  I did this so that those who did not want to remain in my life could just not accept. 

[Jennygirl]

It's been nice being back on facebook. So far, I've only added people I've come out to or at least met in person with my new identity. It's wonderful being able to post something knowing that I will have full acceptance. For the rest of the 50 or so pending friend requests from people that have learned about my transition through the grapevine, they will have to wait. I am absolutely not okay with people that I once knew "catching up" on my transition by means of scouring my facebook and never talking to me about it. I don't want to have any question about whether any of my contacts fully support me or not.