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Ask Matt: When and How to ‘Out’ a Trans Loved One

Started by Shana A, August 02, 2010, 08:42:15 AM

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Ask Matt: When and How to 'Out' a Trans Loved One

August 2, 2010 by Matt Kailey

http://tranifesto.com/2010/08/02/ask-matt-when-and-how-to-out-a-trans-loved-one/

Of course, the cardinal rule of outing is – don't.

But what if your spouse/partner/child/parent/best friend or other loved one has transitioned, and you happen to run into someone who doesn't know? And what if that person says to you, "Oh, Mary, how's your husband, Bill? I haven't seen him in ages! What's he doing now?"

And what if Bill is now Sandra?

This could happen at any time for a person whose loved one has transitioned. So what, in this case, is Mary to do?
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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LordKAT

Good question really. I would rather most just said 'former name' was 'gone' and leave it at that.
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