Hey everyone,
It's been a year now since I signed up with the community. I have not been very active in terms of posts and contributions, but coming from a point where I had lived my transgender identity in secrecy for decades, to coming out online, having my blog viewed 000's of time times and sharing and seeing the amazing stories and experiences of gender non-conforming individuals – people like me – has been mind expanding and sometimes exhilarating. The intelligence, sensitivity and wisdom offered is inspiring and I am now more accepting and secure in understanding my gender identity and alongside this (and something perhaps even more challenging for me) acceptance of my bisexuality (I realise these are separate domains – but overall self-acceptance has allowed this to come forward). Although it's still hard for me to 'come out' in the everyday world – I have developed an online presence as Mandy and wherever possible – new contacts or memberships are started as my female self. So it's step by step, overall, although there are some little leaps – talking to new acquaintances for the first time, as a woman, and them knowing me only as Mandy, without having met me previously. So it goes..
