2014:
Filming for documentary, where I'm featured
Legal name change
Making my name more known, available to other youth, to help them to know they aren't alone
2 years HRT
First full calendar (January-December 2014) year of living only female (started June 2013)
Presenting at workshops, diversity weeks around the country, telling my story
Named prom queen; one of the first 15 nationwide to be transitioning and claim the crown; my date and I became the first in the world to be both transitioning, and get both prom king and queen
Collaborated with university officials to ensure SRS coverage in student health plan
Met lots of new friends, presenters, etc. like Jazz, Chris, and so many more!
Call from MTV earlier this month for potential interest in filming
Moved to the point where I am 100% seen as me in the real world, to where I hear discussions of deep female insider matters that while remind me of how well I'm seen as a natal female, it is a constant reminder of what my body cannot do
...with the lone exception of the first job I got this year, working with preschool kids. This one girl tells me Jessica is a boy's name, calls me a boy, because of my voice though she just turned four, does not know better. It's not clocking, because the other kids do not think so, and everyone finds her a bit silly in that sense. My coworkers certainly don't think so given our discussions, and my neighbor, who is my boss, asked on our first day, being the oldest of three girls "What happened to the boy in your family?" She's super sharp mentally, hasn't put it together.
Last semester of classes
2015
Continuing filming, media work of various types, etc. Documentary potentially released, though I hear early 2016.
SRS in May, with trip to San Francisco and San Mateo.
Possible book plans documenting my journey; just thought of this, so who knows
Potentially first job with degree, somewhere in finance. I'll be on the hunt!
Any other ideas? I work a lot with youth, trying to get my name out there to be the teen representative, kind of like what Jazz does, since that's my story. The idea here is to help others in time of need, which is an issue, that while improving, still has to cover 25 more miles left of the marathon. Some of what I know and plan, I can't say, but keep an eye out for me!
