I know it's kind of odd and a trifle unfair to quantify the important people in my life in terms of a fraction, but I figured it would be an apt title to the situation nonetheless.
If anyone read my introduction post (I will reasonably assume most haven't), I have just recently come to terms, and admitted to myself, of my 'differing' gender identity. I've always known I was different and that the label 'lesbian' never really fit me. But surprisingly, in the past week, I managed to bring this up with my psychiatrist. That being very significant for me since I somehow managed to just blurt it out to him. I am someone who is usually very rehearsed and knows exactly what I am going to say (yes, it's an intrinsic flaw to come off this contrived when it matters), and 5 minutes left in my appointment, I managed to bring it up. My psychiatrist looked at me for a bit, but nothing resembling surprise came across his face. It's almost like he was evaluating his own position on the matter, and it hadn't been stirred within him in a while. I brought it up in terms of "what is your experience with gender dysphoria", and it seems like he hadn't been exposed to it for a while. He said that he had come across people with GID (which is the point where I am at now; the admission and 'diagnosis' stage), but he didn't seem like he had had much exposure. Although it's hard to encompass in words, his reaction caused me to respect him much more as a psychiatrist. To me, it seemed like he had his own predefined notion of what gender is, but can admit to himself that there is a possibility of there being something outside of what his experience tells him is 'normal'. He then admitted that he didn't know as much as he should know on the subject, and that he would learn as much as possible and do research for me on what to do next.
TL;DR Although this might seem like rambling, it's my way of saying that I came out to my psychiatrist, and he freely admitted not being as well versed in the path someone who wishes to transition. I believe this to be incredibly admirable, as opposed to faking knowledge and denying his own shortcomings. Not to mention his absolutely perfect attitude towards learning about it. For the record, the five people (referenced in the title of this post, is my mom, dad, brother, girlfriend, and, as clarified in this post, psychiatrist.
