So in a couple of weeks I'm moving to a new city. I lived there before a couple of years ago, and while I know everyone I'll be working with, the people I was social with have all left so I have a blank slate to work with. My issue is that I am working to get myself to the point where I'm ready for hormones, which I'm guessing will be sometime this summer (maybe fall). I'm nowhere near passable yet so I'd have to try to make friends while still presenting male, (though I'll probably start being a bit more femme than I am now). I was also thinking that it might be a good idea, before starting hormones, to try to sign up for a class of some sort (I was thinking painting) and present female there.
I'm worried about how nosy people might be. I don't want to massively out myself before I'm at least close to full time, but I feel like I'd want to do this sort of thing before I'm ready to start hormones. Has anyone tried this sort of thing before? Is this one of those things that sounds like a good idea but is in actuality a nightmare?