who was the first person you told about being trans

[April Lee]

The first person I had to come out to was myself.  That was hard.

Yes, that is the hardest person of all. It took me nearly 10 years of soul searching to do that. But once you do it, your life is never the same. There has been a lot of pain and sadness for me over the last year, but there has also been beauty that I could have never imagined. There are forces trying to pull me back into my old life, but it would mean losing my soul.

[Sephirah]

Not strictly a person, but my first confession was to my dog. He didn't care. Wagged his tail and licked my face. If only every encounter had been so laid back. Although if anyone else licked my face I would be slightly concerned.

[Erica_Y]

The first person was myself and the second was my now ex wife. The hardest was to myself the rest was way easier

[Davina]

Yes, that is the hardest person of all. It took me nearly 10 years of soul searching to do that. But once you do it, your life is never the same. There has been a lot of pain and sadness for me over the last year, but there has also been beauty that I could have never imagined. There are forces trying to pull me back into my old life, but it would mean losing my soul.

My story is similar.  I had a terrible time accepting myself for who I was.  I remember
the first time I wrote " I am transsexual"  my hand was shaking so bad I could
hardly hold the pen but that was my epiphany moment and afterwards things
slowly got better and my life finally started to make sense.

[Hailey zy]

The first person I told was my therapist about 2 weeks ago and the  second person is my best friend a week ago, at first there was a moment of awkward silence and then he said he was shocked but he accepted it and said "what makes you happy ill stand by you" after hearing him say this I have never felt so happy knowing that there was someone who would stand beside me all the way. But for now I'm working up the courage to tell my family and the rest of friends.

[Avinia]

Just the post I needed today, have been having a weird day, once again.

Anyways, I actually came out to two of my friends at the same time, last year. I was feeling almost suicidal one night, and ended up writing an email, and deleting it, about 5 times while crying. Ended up finally sending it to the two friends I felt I could trust, but also knew that if things went wrong, I could just block them out.. then I freaked out and realized I couldn't stop the emails at that point, and logged out of my email account afraid of the replies.

The first friend to respond, was pretty much like "Okay... so you are gay?" But other than that he was accepting, and ended up telling me the truth, that his mom thinks I am gay because she found the email, but I guess the whole family is okay with me..

The other friend, whom I barely knew at the time, replied with something like "Its okay, I don't really understand it, but if you truly feel that this is who you are, then I will accept you, and I am sure God will too." Now he is one of the few people I still talk to, the rare times I see other people.

Wish I had saved the exact emails, but this last year has literally been back and forth on if I truly am transsexual, which after finally typing those replies out after over a year, I am pretty certain I am. Don't get why it is so hard to tell my parents though.

[antonia]

The first person I ever told was my girlfriend, she's been amazing about everything and we are still together

[minxiejinxielynxie]

The first person I told was my best friend, Jessica. We went out for coffee before meeting a couple of friends and we talked for about 2 hours. The first thing she said was "awk Jamieeeee, we can be lesbians together!!", which we kept joking about for the rest of the day haha
She was so great about it and I couldn't have asked for a better reaction from her She even started referring to me as she in front of our friends and used female pronouns when we met up with them later, they didn't notice or just shook it off as her being goofy or something.

[noleen111]

My best friend who is a cis-woman... after she caught me wearing my cheerleader skirt.

[big kim]

Graham a guy I hooked up with in a bar in early 1979.

[Rachel]

I told my Mom at age 5 and that did not go well. At 49 I told an intake social worker and that went extremely well and I used a lot of tissues.

[mrs izzy]

X wife and that went over like a lead balloon.

[Alea]

I'm 17 and the first person I told after myself, was my mother, two weeks ago. She hugged me and we sat down to talk about it, the next day she scheduled an appointment for me to see a therapist.

[missymay]

I told my girlfriend when I was 27, and she promptly talked me out of it; we broke up a few years later, and I waited until I was 35 to start the process.  Iwas engaged at the time, and I came to the realization that I would ultimately transition, so I decided to breakup with my fiancé, so she wouldn't have to go through it.

[Mariah]

The first person I told after having come to terms with the fact I'm trans is a friend of mine named Cece.
Mariah

[bernadette]

It was in September 2012 and was a female friend of mine - the only non-work related friend I had at the time. She is much younger than I am and I was so afraid of what she would think of me, but I need not have feared as she was not in the least bit shocked. I guess she knew I was somewhat different. She readily accepted me as a woman and we spent a week on holiday traveling together in Scotland. Whilst there she did some make-up on me most nights and she helped me with buying womens clothes. Telling her and her acceptance of me was a most liberating and joyful experience.

[Alexis79]

My best friend of most of my life, because I already knew she was very lgbT friendly. T capitalized for emphasis. She was excited and happy for me because long ago she had talked about a tg friend going through transition and I was curious back then, so she wasnt TOOOOOOO shocked.Ironically, she is happy now that her best friend IS a girl, since she always wanted more girls as friends but kept attracting male friends. Best of both worlds for the both of us.

Now I just wish I'd been more...forward with my curious it those years ago - I'd have transitioned then if I knew what I do now.

[Alex Eli]

just a random woman on the phone who could pass me through to a psychiatrist 

she was sweet.

then i told some people online, and also to whoever follows my youtube.

i have yet to tell my family and friends but i know they will be accepting. its just that im not comfortable coming out until i am comfortable with myself yknow.

[MaryRay]

The first person I told was a female friend and I actually gave her permission to tell my sister which she did.  But my sisters only response whatever he (I was sad she said he) chooses is his choice.   It's funny that turned out to be a false start at my transition.  This time my Therapist was the firdt to know and I am confident I will finally go all the way through surgery.

[Rudy King]

The first person I told, was an friend at work, who has a cousin who's ftm.  Her response was, "I'm not surprised!".
Of course, I did drop hints here and there. :-)