who was the first person you told about being trans

[Zoetrope]

My ex-partner brought it up with *me* :~o

I guess she connected the dots ...

[Jo-is-amazing]

A gay guy I was friends with in High School.
That was an enormous mistake, he didn't keep my secret and he did it solely to hurt me.

[Damara]

I told my best friend and soul mate.. she's still my best friend, and I joke that I wish I were lesbian because we're perfect for each other minus not being physically attracted in any way. lol!

[Sabrina]

One of my long time friends I've known since Jr high.

[genderirrelevant]

A queer former coworker who had moved to another city. We weren't super close friends but I knew she would be supportive because she was cool about my asexuality. Also there would be less risk of accidental outing if she wasn't in daily conversation with people who knew me. I sent her updates every week or two.

[gabimoneratt]

the first person I told it to was a gay friend haha he took it well, but when I saw him again he was into me and it was odd hahaha

[Newgirl Dani]

That person that had always presented me with many many problematic situations, that person other people made me into.   Dani

[Jasriella]

Actually it was a professional gaming group I was part of I think 4 years or so ago. After that it was my boyfriend who I met online under the pretext I was a normal woman but he's been with me for 3 years now and we're still together. The first person though that I told in person was actually my first girlfriend whom I lost my virginity to. I didn't tell her till a couple years ago we've been friends for many years after our relationship but I only just told her a couple years ago and since then we've been like sisters. Since then it's kinda been blossoming from there with chance and careful planning. My mom asked if I was gay last year so I spilled the beans and then I told my sister who bought me a cardigan sweater for Christmas and I love it. Oh and I told my biological father who wanted to talk to me last year, and I essentially slapped him in the face over the phone with his neglect and total absence my entire life and then threw the icing on the cake that I'm not his son I'm his daughter, he actually took it surprisingly well but as usual I won't hear from again for another 10 years I bet.

[ImagineKate]

First person? Apart from you here at Susan's, the first person I told was my wife. Then it was HR at work, a few coworkers, then a couple friends, then my parents.

[herekitten]

First person I ever told my 'secret' was to my oldest friend in the world. I was about 11ish? She was about 14ish? Under the lemon trees picking lemons. She was raised female as was I and I asked her about the rumors. I'll never forget the words she said "You are like me too??". voila! a sisterhood was born.  My mom always told me I was a girl as far back as I can remember -- so officially speaking, she told me :-)

[Tessa James]

I would have to say my wife knew and quietly accepted me as trans before I could handle it myself.  Like so many here, I was the one that needed to accept myself before any meaningful change could occur.  I recall working with a local support group and therapist, sitting there with a beard, in my former male persona, I cried and could barely get it out--"i know what i look like but it's not really who i am."  It became easier and easier and astonished me with how accepting most people really are.  Prior to these experiences I felt that i could look out through eyes that were mine but no one could see in and my body was an ugly lumpy shell that merely housed my unspoken and tormented contradictions. 

Years later, life is so much better!  What a relief to feel so free.

[Jessica_Rainshadow]

My wife. It was very very hard but liberating to me. It was really the start of my path to self acceptance.

[ChiGirl]

I first told my cousins when I was 7 I wanted to be a girl, but I didn't really understand it.  They laughed at me, so the next person I told was a friend in college.

[stephaniec]

On rethinking this I have to say it was the boy down the street when I was 5 or 6 who was kind of like my first boy friend . we were playing in my backyard on my swing set just talking and I told him I wore my sister clothes all the time. I don't know if it technically counts , but that was the first time.

[ImagineKate]

Yeah I'm rethinking this too and I'd have to say one of my dads cousins who used to let me dress up lol

[Ally_B]

My then (2007) long term g/f was the first person I ever confessed feeling I was born in the wrong body to. She was actually really good about it. I'd worn some of her clothing and make-up when we'd go out to goth clubs and so forth, so I'm guessing it wasn't too much of a shock. We broke up a few years later, but for reasons that had nothing to do w/ gender.

However, this wasn't the start of me learning to accept myself. I kept trying to run from myself for another 6 years.

The first person that I told that I was trans and going to do something about it was one of the members of my old band. That was almost exactly a year ago. He was and still is really supportive of me.

[Jessika]

First? Myself!
Then my Wife, Therapist, Family, Friends, The rest. 

[Hailey zy]

My best friend and he's been completely supportive

[Peebles]

The first person in the meatspace I told was my mom.

I did tell some people on the interwebs first however.

[Kacie Lynne]

The first person i told was the best friend i have ever had and she is also my sister,
and to my surprise she was very supportive right away and wants to be there
with me for my entire transition

now she understands why her clothes were never where she left them when we were kids lol