What would be the best response you ever got telling someone your trans

[stephaniec]

The best response that I ever got was from my therapist who said  ."that's wonderful " might be some what bias coming from a therapist though.

[Sapphire87]

the best for me would probably be the most recent one I had with an old coworker. She thought I was my sister at first and thought i had grown a few inches since last time i saw her. Once I realized she thought I was my sister and told her who I used to be she actually stumbled backwards arms flailed and everything! 

[Oriah]

My favorite response was a friend I made in California.  When I told her I was transgender she said "Cool.  You want to become a man?"

Maybe that belongs in "you know you pass when..."

[paula lesley]

Shut up and kiss me 

[HoneyStrums]

No your not, your victoria

[emyrinth]

My first girlfriend from middle-school and I never officially broke up. I just moved away at the end of middle-school to a new area (she knew I was moving, we said goodbye) anyway she is married and has kids and her response was "well I guess I have a girlfriend now instead of a boyfriend    Most of my girl friends have been pretty supportive of me so far.

[iKate]

My favorite response was a friend I made in California.  When I told her I was transgender she said "Cool.  You want to become a man?"

Maybe that belongs in "you know you pass when..."

Haha I had a similar reaction when I first went for laser.

We were talking about pain. One of the students said, "yeah, take it like a man!"

I said, "I'm not a man. I'm transgender."

And she said, "oh so you're a woman who wants to become a man."

I left it there.

[Lizandri Roth]

I have two amazing responses.  The first was with my best friend.  We were friends since 2002 and I came out to him (over Skype because then he lived in a different town) in 2013.  He was very excited for me and asked a lot of questions and said that I'm officially the most interesting thing in his life.  Just this weekend he was the first person to see me as me and we had a little photo shoot in the bush.  The second was when I came out to my cousin this year.  He was very supportive and when I showed him a picture of me in the female form he said "I would definitely do you".  This was a compliment for me because all of the girls he dated was very hot!  Then I had to send him the picture because he wanted to show me to his co-workers.

[RoseH]

'Oh, so you want to be a boy?' - a few times
'We know' - my grandparents

[OCAnne]

'What would be the best response you ever got telling someone your trans' I am too.

[Jill F]

"You're full of sh*t."
"No way!"
"Congratulations?"
"Wouldn't have guessed."
"I can usually spot them a mile away." *facepalm*

[stephaniec]

'What would be the best response you ever got telling someone your trans' I am too.

I got that last week when I went to the hospital and the person drawing my blood asked me and then said " I am too' my first experience like that , quite cool.

[cindianna_jones]

From my current endocrinologist, last fall:

"Do you want to become a man?"

Two weeks ago I told  my "step daughter in-law and step son" now that my marriage of 24 years is over. From her:

"Okay." and then she went on to talk about other subjects. And best of all, she called a week later to chat again without any mention of it.

From him:

"Okay, so does this mean that you are not the mother of your own kids?"
I replied in terms from an old tv show he and I were fond of watching together. "Yeah. I'm not the mama."
"I don't have a problem with it Mom. You'll always be Mom to me. In fact, you're the only person who ever gave a s**t about me." And then he went on to talk about his job.

Cindi

[sparrow]

The look on my brother-in-law's face was priceless, as he tried to figure out if I was telling the truth or just messing with his head.  He was totally cool about it, and didn't want to offend me by reacting wrong.  On the other hand, if I was doing it to mess with his head, he'd probably have been mildly offended since several of his friends are also trans.

[AbbyDS74]

  I had gone to a doctor that I hadn't seen since before I'd gotten very far into transition. The doctor and one or two nurses knew but that was it. I'd gone back in for a follow up visit long after I was due. When I got to the office to check in, I'd handed my driver's licence and my insurance card in one hand and a piece of paper with my old name on it in the other because I didn't want to out myself to the whole office. She looked back and forth at both of her hands and I repeated that that slip of paper was my OLD name. You could see everything click on her face and she quietly gasped and started nervously shuffling all the papers and folders on her desk. She said "I just figured that out. (she didn't) You're so perfect. And tall! (she was the same height as me except that I was wearing heels)". She was so flustered that she forgot to give me some forms to fill out so she brought them out to the waiting room, made some awkward comments, and told me that everyone there would be treated equally.

[kelly_aus]

"Tell me something I don't know."
"What took you so long?"
"Well, that explains a few things."

These are all responses I got when I came out. If I out myself now, I sometimes get disbelief..

[captains]

No real response and it's never talked about again but from that point on I'm barely ever misgendered.

It happened to me once, and I'm overwhelmed with gratitude just thinking about it.

[kittenpower]

The best response that I ever got was from my therapist who said  ."that's wonderful " might be some what bias coming from a therapist though.

What would be the best response? (therapists, healthcare workers, and trans people excluded)
"It won't be easy, but do what you need to do to be happy and feel complete; I'm here for you, if there is anything you need just ask"

But, in reality, I didn't get a response that was even close to that when I came out pre transition; I had a lot of obstacles, and rejection from everyone, but it didn't stop me.

[Cyrinaluna]

From my mom
"All this time I was raising a son instead of a daughter"

"Mom I'm agender. As in neither male or female."

"Oh... but you're still my child right?"

*facepalm* "of course mom"

Then we hugged and and cried and it was cute.

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[Serenation]

Same as a few others, had to see a new temp doctor when I was starting to transition. I'm sorry miss this appointment is for <boys name> you must be next. "that's me, I'm transsexual." Oh I see! so you want to become a man. "No no no no"