Facebook Profiles

[kat69]

I'm just about to transition my only FB profile by changing the name and gender.   I've been using my FB account to help support my transition though some personal secret groups.  The last stage with be to just make the change and provide a post explaining the situation to those who don't know. 

[Inarasarah]

Gender identity is not a major topic in my posts in FB. It is just a small part of my daily issues such as kids, education and politics.

Same here Barbie.  The reason I came here was to talk openly about trans issues in a safe environment.  While I have many trans friends on FB, I rarely post about trans topics except the occasional awareness or political issue.

[Angela Drakken]

Deleted mine, never been happier.

[Veda]

I have to admit I'm quite biased on this subject, but I would delete them both.

I'm very much not a fan of FB, just not impressed with it, at all.

Probably not the place to discuss the topic of 'Why I Don't like FB'.

I know not very helpful...

[LShipley]

New identity, new life.

At least from  my friends too many had close minded views as it was. The few supporters I retained are the only ones to know my new identity. For the rest I would prefer it to seem like I disappeared off the earth. My preference is to not ever be associated with my old life. I would sooner avoid the comparisons or reminders of who I was. It is one reason that even after coming out to some in my life I will not see them anymore. I do not want it to be the first thing people think of when speaking to me.

[barbie]

While I have many trans friends on FB, I rarely post about trans topics except the occasional awareness or political issue.

Yes. In FB, my friends already know it and I do not need to defend myself or detail it. People are far wiser than I initially assumed. And, most of them are open-minded. To justify myself, posts on gender identity is mostly useless, as they are not interested so much in my gender identity issues, and as they judge me based on my work, career, political and world view and daily life. BTW, some female friends are eager to meet me face to face, as they seem to think I am a kind of celebrity.

Yes. FB is a nice place to come out.

barbie~~

[Sofie L]

My original idea was to start a second FB page under my real name, kill off the FB page that I used with my dead name and just invite over the friends and family that I wanted to keep having contact with after I transitioned. (I keep my settings very tight, and no uninvited people can see my page anyways).

I've changed my mind recently, though. I've been on FB for many years and I don't want all those old memories to be deleted. After all, the people that I come out to will certainly know my old persona. It's not like I just beamed down from Pluto and started life on Earth. Why should I hide my past to people that embrace the real me? So...the current plan is to whittle down my Friends list to those that accept me, change the name on the FB page, and carry on.

Twitter is another creature. I've had two Twitter feeds for some time as I've been out in parts of my life and not others. Very few of my friends and family are active on Twitter, so it won't be too difficult to shut down my dead name feed, and carry on with my real one. Only problem, I've been busy making sure that all the feeds that I want to follow are followed on my actual page, too. Lot's of work!