Hi, Tatiana.
While I suspect I am a result of DES too, I haven't bothered to tell people around here. Too much information. I live in a small rural community of about 300 people. The folks here are farmers, fishermen, and hillbillies. I doubt if they would be impressed by scientific information.
Nevertheless, my coming out went very smoothly, and the people are supportive or accepting. I have had no hassles at all. It helped that I lived in the community for two years, and was active in several volunteer organizations, before coming out. So I was already accepted as "one of them", even though I was never a farmer, fishreman or hillbilly.
I haven't changed what I do since coming out. I dress as a respectable woman of my age, I go to the weekly coffee group, and I am still on the volunteer fire department. I am just there, as I always was, so aside from my name, pronouns and appearance, nothing has changed. They can see that I am still the same person I always was, not some circus freak. That in itself makes it "no big deal" and therefore easier for people to accept.
I don't think there were a lot of social taboos around transgender people in this area. I am certainly the first transgender person to come out in this village, though there are others in surrounding towns. It helped that the Canadian government was passing legislation to protect us at about the time I came out. There would have been awareness that we exist as a marginalized group in need of protection, without there being any negative experiences to colour their perception.
Good luck going full-time!
