"That's Such A Pretty Name!" (Just Another Misgender Rant)

[FTMax]

Ah, man. How long have you been on T? So you must be very pleased with your newly, improved voice, huh? That's what's up! I don't know if I will pass as well as you when I start T, cause you know, we not all the same, but I sure hope at least strangers won't be able to tell anything is that unique about me, if you know what I mean.

But just now, I was finally gendered as male, the way it should be, over the phone once again.^^ Using my preferred name when I am able to, really helps, I think. Man, I feel so good right now. Yup!

That's enough reason for me to move. Seriously...And how is Virginia? Is it nice to LGBT folk? I wonder how black people get treated down there. I've heard recent scary stories about certain Southern states' hate crimes like in South Carolina or Alabama. I will never in my life want to live in places like that. Like ever, dude!  Being trans, black, jobless, disabled and young is the ingredient of fear and hatred by some people. Really....

It'll be a year on December 5th. It's been slow and steady so far. Can't complain.

Virginia varies by where you are in the state. I live in northern Virginia about 5 minutes outside of Washington DC, and it's super progressive but also very expensive. There's plenty of LGBTQ resources around here. The rest of the state is generally more conservative, maybe with the exception of Richmond and Virginia Beach. I can't recall the last time I heard of any hate crimes where I live (or in the rest of the state tbh), but that doesn't mean they aren't happening. If I was moving here all over again, I'd move to Richmond. They have just as many LGBTQ resources and it's cheaper to live there.

[Tristyn]

It'll be a year on December 5th. It's been slow and steady so far. Can't complain.

Virginia varies by where you are in the state. I live in northern Virginia about 5 minutes outside of Washington DC, and it's super progressive but also very expensive. There's plenty of LGBTQ resources around here. The rest of the state is generally more conservative, maybe with the exception of Richmond and Virginia Beach. I can't recall the last time I heard of any hate crimes where I live (or in the rest of the state tbh), but that doesn't mean they aren't happening. If I was moving here all over again, I'd move to Richmond. They have just as many LGBTQ resources and it's cheaper to live there.

Hm. I wonder if where I live could even be considered LGBTQ-friendly at all. I mean, I never ran into any serious hate here in Florida. Then again, I do not like to go out much unless its for dialysis and other errands. And yet most people (which really wasn't a whole lot) I've talked to about transsexuality are overtaken by confusion it seems after hearing it.

Oh, well, I never actually heard anything like that with Virginia either. I just hope that wouldn't be the case if I decided to move somewhere else South or anywhere really. I kinda do wanna leave Florida. Too many hurtful memories and I just want a fresh start at life. Its a real pain in my right foot when walking down the street of your neighborhood just to go get your haircut and you hear two guys shout, "Is that a female?!" Or a bus driver who knew you by your assigned name at birth screams that at you in greeting as you walk down a busy intersection.

~Nixy~