Small town trying to be stealth?

[Midnightstar]

I I'm living in Maine and I'm planning on going back to school soon to get my GED. I'm living alone and in my apartment. My parents and everybody in my close family knows that I am transgender. Where I live is very small and everybody knows everybody or things get around. I have heard that it is a very friendly environment towards the LGBT here. My only problem is the school I am looking into going to is basically the only one around this area. They've had a lot of students in the past that are not very friendly to People Like Us and it's made me really nervous so I never went back. I addressed it to them but they refused to do anything. And now that I know I am transgender it scares me even more knowing I have no choice but to go back to that school only to get my GED. I'll also have to take a bus if it's available and I'm worried about somebody being transphobic and finding out where I live I know it's silly and probably won't happen but it's a very real fear to me. I am hoping I can somehow remain partially stealth but I'm sure since there are teachers that used to know me there everybody is going to be using female pronouns. I could get them to stop using them but things get around in a small town. I'm extremely worried for my safety but I know I need to get schooling does anyone have any advice on what to do about the situation or how to possibly make it better? I don't necessarily want to be walking around as an open Target and I would love to be a stealth as possible even though some people will know who I am. Another important question I would have is what exactly do I say when I sign up for the schooling? I'm going to be calling them tomorrow and speaking with them my gender is not changed on my ID or anything and I don't know what to do or how to go about this.

[Elis]

I would make a seperate appointment to see someone at the school so you can explain your trans, how important being stealth is to you and which pronouns the teachers must use. Hopefully if they have a zero tolerance approach to bullying they'll take your concerns seriously.

[Kylo]

Well, trying to make friends and connections will help. You don't need to tell them right off the bat, or at all if you can stealth it. Most of the good friends I have I didn't tell until much later, after they'd had a chance to see my true character and that I'm not some kind of weirdo, and once told they didn't mind or care in the slightest, and I still have those friends as a means of support and as an information network. It sounds like you feel isolated so making an effort to find and make friends there should be beneficial to both your safety and your well-being.