Hey all!
I actually first came here when my little brother started dating his now fiance, trying to get a better understanding so that I didn't hurt her by saying something offensive. And now I'm here on-the-book, but for myself. So my family and friends are awesome and supportive, I feel like it's a bit unfair how much support I get, so I may as well give back where I can.
My name is tenatively nothing, I am 24, from Melbourne, Australia. I joke with my friend that anyone who sees this as a surprise never really knew me that well to begin with, I've always been 'one of the guys' to that extent. Dressed in boys clothes until I was about 14, when I was 5 or 6 I got my parents to call me Dan and pretend they'd adopted me from England (where they have class, apparently this was my reasoning, a young dandy at heart from the beginning)
It was just me, doing what I did. I always wished I'd been 'born as a boy' but it never went further than that.
I really struggled with it in my late teens, even buying a binder that I never wore... and from about 21-22 I went a bit nuts with dolling myself up and emphasising my femininity, in attempt to find peace with it, I guess? The last year I dropped that entirely, started dressing and presenting as a guy, binding etc. I really found myself, I'm happy with it. The last month or so I've actually decided to start seeing a psychologist, and tell my friends. My partner of three years is a guy, who has so far been amazing and supportive, and so naturally I'm a bit insecure about that
I still can't get past a name though. I'm a big tabletop RPer/gamer and so it's like picking a name for a character... and I've already used my favourites. I can't pick one of my character's names, that's just weird. My nickname in school for a while was Scotty, because of reasons related to drunken nerd fun times, so I was thinking maybe Scott. I dunno.
But yeah, I iam a guy, for sure, and I like people, not genders. No one ever decided if the circle hole was the guy, and the circle part was the girl, and you could fit it in the square hole anyway, I gave up.
I have pets - a conure, and rats, and a housemate, who seems to think paying rent makes him better than the others. We'll show him.
Nice to meet you all!
