Welcome aboard Saira and congratulations for your coming out and growing self awareness as a transgender person. We have heard many times that the toughest person to come out to is ourselves. Once we get it and find further reinforcement we are able to spread our wings and lift off with far less fear of falling.
Transgender is an adjective and only one of the many descriptors we might own in life. Transition and self discovery can become obsessive and understandably so as the foundation of our identity. Yet many of us would rather the rest of the world see us as whole and unique beings with more than just a massive T on our foreheads. We are still more than the sum of our parts and as the bumper sticker says, It's about hearts not parts, anyway
Coming out can be shocking and/or elicit the "so?" or "big deal, we guessed that" sort of response. What others think can impact us or we can hear it as just more noise along our journey. I wish us all the strength this can take!
More than the masses it seems it is the significant others we cherish that can be a rock of support or one to get past. Coming out can feel terribly vulnerable and yet we are seen as courageous. It might also reveal more about others as real friends or?? Your truth your way
