I am soo serious that I need to create a fun thread. Some use their actual name on Susan's while most don't. Some use their actual picture, some use symbols, some use an imaginary character, and others change their picture like wallpaper.
I picked Wendy because she is the hamburger girl that was loved by her dad. (My dad loved me but he always told me to stop acting like a girl. He was not like Wendy's dad.) I am not sure which girl's name I would pick if I changed my name. Most likely it would not be Wendy.
I liked the picture because this lady looks older as I would envision myself if I had grown up in a female body. She also looks shy, mysterious, intelligent and secretive. ...and if secretive has its virtues then I am virtuous! :)
Have fun!
I use my real pic for the most part.... I dont update it as often as Id like, but getting people to take pictures is a pain LoL... as far as the name I use its a play on words incorperateing my personality and part of my chosen RL name...
LynnER, liner<sp?> as in a straight line, as in a drum line, as in straight forward, as in one track mind LoL.
My full chosen name is ******* Ambrosine :)
I hate being different (heh heh....not really), but my mother chose the name Beverly for me when I was born. Actually my middle name, I use it as my first name. Mom's gone now, but thanks mom!
The avatar gets changed when the mood strikes me. Generally, I use a pic I feel is beautiful, like the rose here (now). Reminds me that in our transition, we are like roses, slowly opening to our most beautiful. Otherwise, I like to use classical or modern art, usually with a lesbian motif.
Bev
Like Bev, my mom chose Beverly because it was her mother's maiden name but unfortunately I didn't end up with it. Instead I got my dad's name with a Jr. after it. >:( Since the name never got used (no GG siblings), I adopted it and Ann is the middle name of someone very important to me.
The current pic is a gown that I wore to a formal event in Atlanta and I love it as I think it's one of my better photos. You can't really tell from the pic but the gown has a jacket with silver embroidery running from left shoulder down to the right hip.
Maybe to avoid confusion from now on I'll sign my posts
Beverly
I chose Rachel as my name to be for when i do change my name...maybe.....i tossed between Rachel and Rebecca...not sure yet
dont have a pic yet
Quote from: BeverlyAnn on March 26, 2007, 09:15:27 PM
....Maybe to avoid confusion from now on I'll sign my posts
Beverly
Okay, Beverly....nice name you have ;)
I'll make sure to stick with Bev
for now it is my pic, and kimmie is my fim name
katia's my name and i use my own photograph
I didn't pick my name as much as it picked me. A little over 35 years ago when I was admitting to myself I was always meant to be a girl, it just came to me and I've been Karen Lyn ever since. At first I only used it in writing. Then, with the advent of computers, I used it on the BBSs. I changed it legally 10 years ago. My ex had a fit. (she doesn't like the name. Too bad.) :)
I change my avatar when it suits me. The current "Phoenix Rising" is one of my favorites.
Karen Lyn
Quote from: Katia on March 26, 2007, 09:44:46 PM
katia's my name and i use my own photograph
Pretty name, pretty photo.
Bev
I started out as Melissa by narrowing it down to a name I liked just prior to joining the forums and I liked it so it stuck. It actually only took me a couple days to come up with, but I stuck with it. Now it's my real name. For my current picture, I am using a tattoo that I have on my back because I really liked it, it has my fairy who watches my back and it allows for some anonymity. I may change it back to my face if I feel like it.
Melissa
I think Brianna's a babe, so I stole her whole look.
Bri
Hmmm, well TogetherWeCan is the name I chose for here for a few reasons. One is that my usual nic would give me away which wouldn't bother me however it would out Brooke before she is ready so I chose it to be incognito, the meaning should be obvious. I wanted Brooke to know that TogetherWeCan get through this and accomplish anything.
My avitar...well that is another story. Ya see I found one of these lil blonde characters once and she kinda looked like me so I captured it and used it for an avi elsewhere. All of a sudden I kept stumbling across this chic all over the net (I think she was stalking me ;D ) and she has different outfits and poses so I started collecting them. They are called "dollz" and I am addicted to them. I have, I dunno prolly a hundred or more versions of the same girl and change her to suit my mood. It is kinda like playing Barbies lol.
A few of the mods here have seen what I really look like and of course Brooke knows what I look like and I do kinda look like this avi or vice versa lol. I don't use my real pic for the same reason I don't use my usual mssg board nic.
funny story: member here named Lucy started using this same doll in another outfit and the first day I kept thinking I was losing my mind because I was seeing posts I was certain I didnt create lol then I realized Lucy was also using one of the Dollz lol. It tripped up Brooke too as she is used to me and my dollz avis all over.
Blair is my name. I fell in love with the name Blair as a girl's name a long time ago, for whatever reason. Conveniently, both Blair and my previous birth name are obscure, European, mono-syllabilic and stick in people's heads. So they're somewhat similar in those regards.
The picture I have up currently is a placeholder of sorts. The woman in this picture isn't as attractive as I am, as my lips are much fuller and I actually have thick, wavy blonde hair naturally. I do intend to straighten and dye it black with a pink streak though. I also am more goth/metal in my makeup/dress, while she's just metal. Which is good. She's a good enough representation until I get a my stupid webcam working again, buy more makeup and make some pictures.
Right now I have done no alterations physically in regards to transition, aside from groom my eyebrows, manage my hair in a feminine style and work on my nails. I have a laser hair removal appointment this week, and an electro consultation on friday, though!
Wee!
~ Blair
Yvonne's my name and my pickie is on the left.
Well my name is the closest to my male name of Alan I could find. I change my Pic very often - The one on the left was taken last weekend.
Alice
I chose Julie for my first name because there have been several Julies in my life, all that I really liked. Marie has been a middle name in my family for decades. JMM (my initials, both ways) has also been in the family forever.
The pic is me and I like to keep it current. Partly because it reminds me how I'm doing in my transition (I need a lot of positive feedback!) but also because anyone who has known me for a while will see what a miracle transitioning is. It's been such a positive thing in my life and brought me so much happiness I want everyone to experience that happiness themselves. So whatever I can do to encourage others to follow their heart too, I do, even if as inconsequential as keeping my avatar updated.
Julie
My names are Marq and Mia. Originally just having to throw around the one name and always feeling like I should have a unique name I changed Mark to Marq many many years ago. When I recognized the female persona within I thought for a couple days of a name that would suit that side. And I chose Mia.
As for my picture, when I first started to post on here I responded to a post about creating a zwinky by creating a male zwinky and a female zwinky as we envision our appearance. I thought it very symbolic to represent the two of them hand in hand in the image and have stuck with the image ever since. I've been planning on replacing the avatar image with a real image but have been waiting for my hair to grow long enough to get some good fluffy pigtails. Assuming the picture comes out alright I'll replace my avatar with the picture.
Marq and Mia
Quote from: AnomieAssassin on March 27, 2007, 07:07:57 AM
http://home.comcast.net/~etrata/flash/banana.swf
Thanks, I was wondering where my son had got that from.
Melissa
Name because I truly feel this way, that I am lost somewhere in time.
Avvy is a generic one due to security concerns.
I chose Deborah, because my grandmother told me that before I was born, mom and dad had picked out names for a girl and boy. If I had been a girl it would have been Deborah. I just wanted to honor them with the pretty name they picked out.
As for the picture. This one is recent. I had a lot of help. It was taken in Vegas at one of those makeover places. All of us girls had it done while there.
Deb
That picture is of me about a year ago and it is before I fell into depression over the summer. that was before I found this site and got a job (which I lost on my third week). For the name, Michael, its my real name. The last name is not. I thought it had a nice ring to it.
I just Love the name Lucy, I think that it suits my personality
I choose my Avatar because she looks like me ( or I wished she did )
Young, full of spirate and fun.
Well, this might sound a bit lame, but Helen was the only "H" name on the female side of the 100 most popular names in 1955!
I was planning on using it temporarily but it's grown on me so I think I'll keep it. Mom told me I'd have been named Regina had I been born female. :P
My pic is really me, although it's a lucky shot from a great angle and I wish I looked as good all the time. I might change it now and again as the mood strikes me.
hugs & smiles
helen
My real name is Fer and I don\'t have an avitar yet.
Quote from: Wendy on March 26, 2007, 07:39:26 PM
I am soo serious that I need to create a fun thread. Some use their actual name on Susan's while most don't. Some use their actual picture, some use symbols, some use an imaginary character, and others change their picture like wallpaper.
I picked Wendy because she is the hamburger girl that was loved by her dad. (My dad loved me but he always told me to stop acting like a girl. He was not like Wendy's dad.) I am not sure which girl's name I would pick if I changed my name. Most likely it would not be Wendy.
I liked the picture because this lady looks older as I would envision myself if I had grown up in a female body. She also looks shy, mysterious, intelligent and secretive. ...and if secretive has its virtues then I am virtuous! :)
Have fun!
Hallo Wendy, thanks for your message. I like your name too. My best friend's name is Wendi whith a vowel. bye.
Megan - because it's my name, simple as that :). No real idea why I chose it, I just look in the mirror and to me my face screams "Megan" at a rather loud volume.
Rose - because there was already another Megan registered so I just added Rose onto the end because I thought it sounded pretty. My actual middle name is Emily, I chose it for my great aunt who passed away last year. She was probably the strongest, most independant woman I've ever had the honour of meeting, in a lot of ways she was a very big inspiration to me. My father was not that impressed with my decision however, but that's another story.
My avatar is me, from about 2 months ago. I should probably update it soon, seeing as I now have my hair actually doing what I want it to :).
Debbie Anne is my name, and I couldn't come up with an imaginative screen names, so I went with it. Deborah Anne is the name my mother would have given me if I were born female, and after she passed away in 2003 and I decided that i would transition, I used that name to honor her memory. I also think "Debbie Anne" suits me. The icon I am using is my photo from January of this year, I am not sure whether that is the best idea or not. I may switch it to something more anonymous if it would be a better idea.
Quote from: MeganRose on March 28, 2007, 04:57:17 AM
Megan - because it's my name, simple as that :). No real idea why I chose it, I just look in the mirror and to me my face screams "Megan" at a rather loud volume.
Rose - because there was already another Megan registered so I just added Rose onto the end because I thought it sounded pretty. My actual middle name is Emily, I chose it for my great aunt who passed away last year. She was probably the strongest, most independant woman I've ever had the honour of meeting, in a lot of ways she was a very big inspiration to me.
Are you kidding? That's my middle name too and our first names are already similar (my daughter actually got the name Megan). Very cool. :)
Melissa
Wierd little factoid.... had I obviously been female at birth my parrents were thinking of nameing me either Brianna or Megan....
This new picture reflects my soul to perfection.
So, there you go everyone, that's me.
~ Blair
I tend to take my screennames from mythology. One of them, my most (in)famous, means Child of the Chaos and Fire god. It means that, though it's really one word. The reason I don't use it here is for privacy reasons, of course. As I said; it's my most (in)famous screenname.
Dryad is the second one. Because Dryads are mostly female, but there are male dryads known in mythology. A nice opposition to me, myself, as I am physically nearly fully male, as in: well over 90%, but mentally much like an even split. And I like something that can be both either sex and both sexes.
The avatar is because I feel torn and chaotic, at the moment. Which I think this typo-fearie pretty much demonstrates. (drew it myself, and I have quite a few more pics I might use in the future, ready to replace.)
:: Yeesh :: I ended up with Thundra cause Leigh and I were goofing around when she was signing me up here. We were always cutting up and messing around. I suggested Thundra as a joke, because I have oodles of attitude, but unbeknowst to me, she actually used that suggestion!!
So, sweet, innocent, lovable me, ended up with a rather confrontational nickname. :angel:
Thank goodness nobody thinks I am really all that obnoxious? ;)
I even had a cute phrase under my signature -- "can I rain on your parade today?"
I use AnnieE because that's what I'm getting my name changed to in a few year, and because I was too afraid to use the female version of my computer nerd alias.
Quote from: Thundra on March 29, 2007, 12:31:53 AM
Thank goodness nobody thinks I am really all that obnoxious? ;)
Oh I know, that'd be soooo wrong! LOL >:D ;) ;D
tink :icon_chick:
Altered spelling of my real name, I don't like being googleable as trans.
As for why I chose my current legal name? I quickly chose a bit of a crap one because I had nothing better and then thought long and hard about it, this one (spelt ending with ud instead of wd and pronounced mord NOT mod) just fit and it didn't make me feel weird to use it so it stuck, my family wanted to call me a H name similar to my birthname which I did not want at all, I hated that name too much.
I never liked the idea of people seeing a picture of me beside my posts, there are a few pictures in the gallery of me but I like to maintain a little privacy, I should put up something else but i've just not got around to it.
my usual name is wolfbitch which was created by my ex when he signed me up for gaydargirls, a uk lesbian chatsite. but it was rejected by susans so i went with timberwolf. the reason i chose the wolf thing is that my main ally in the spirit world is either a grey or timber wolf. and i have been known to be a bitch. as for the picture..it just happens to be the best one i've got. as for my name joanne well i got a soul retrieval which brought back 3 missing soul parts which were all girls. i asked them what they wanted to be called and they all seemed to settle on joanne. voila. in just remembered... my sister wanted a little sister when i was born and she used to call me joanne
My name? I was infatuated with a Debbie once. It was a short term and long range relationship and, looking back, I think I was more into looking like her rather than being with her.
My avatar? It's me in Second Life (sl) as Debbie. It's a picture I took of myself at a Unitarian Universalist church where I sometimes go for worship and meditation.
What's Second Life? An internet world where you can create another version of yourself and interact with other avatars. It is where I first started calling myself Debbie and where I discovered that I could no longer suppress the Debbie inside of me. WARNING If you go visiting on sl you need to know that there are both "mature" areas and "PG" areas on sl. I was rather shocked at first but then found areas that I was more comfortable with.
Debbie
I picked angelsgirl because, well, I couldn't think of anything better at the time, I just wanted to log on so I threw it up there. My real name is Kelly and there's enough Kelly's that I don't really have a problem divulging that info. [vomit alert] I suppose I choose angelsgirl because Jocelyn is my little angel and uh...I'm her girl! So if opposites attract, I suppose that makes me a bit of a devil doesn't it? >:D
I've had my real pic up a while ago, but my hair is really different now, even if my face hasn't changed, and I guess the inaccuracy bothers me a bit. I'm really bad at remembering to have my pic taken and then I'm even worse at actually setting up any pics online.
My current avy is some make your own chibi-self thing that Jocelyn found online and that's the one she picked out for me. It's pretty close, actually, my hair has been know to get that crazy!
Wel my name came from a novel, and a teen series of books.Jennifer was a srtong girl in a book called "Possessions" and Elizabeth came from the series called " Sweet Valley High".I loved both names, and spent alot of time tring to figure out which I wanted to use. Well with no clear cut choice,I stuck them together. I think they work very well. As for the pic, yes its mine.
Kate is just reasonably close to my male name. I figured people would remember it easier that way. Plus I can handwrite it easily, lol. And I kinda wanted something not overly feminine, something kinda "cool." I *still* have a fondness for Nicole though, and wouldn't be surprised if I change my mind when I'm filling out the name change forms, lol...
The avatar... wow, psychologists could write books on my nuttiness on about this. She's just the closest earthly reflection I've ever found of who I feel I am, how I FEEL. If there existed a magic device that would allow my body to morph into the perfect physical expression of my personality, it'd be her.
Kate
Quote from: Kate on March 30, 2007, 12:07:06 PM
If there existed a magic device that would allow my body to morph into the perfect physical expression of my personality, it'd be her.
Heehee, again, me thinks you need to watch The Matrix a few more times. ;D
Melissa
Quote from: Kate on March 30, 2007, 12:07:06 PM
The avatar... wow, psychologists could write books on my nuttiness on about this. She's just the closest earthly reflection I've ever found of who I feel I am, how I FEEL. If there existed a magic device that would allow my body to morph into the perfect physical expression of my personality, it'd be her.
Oh you nut. :P Hee Hee anyways........... :D I chose the name Laura after going through a decent sized list of choices. When I was younger I wanted my female name to be Erica but that does not sound good anymore. So, after some choosing Laura is the name that I want to have. It will be so great when the day comes where that will be my legal first name.
EDIT: I chose the avatar because I wanted something cool so I searched the images that Susans offered and I thought that this pic was pretty cool so I chose that one.
When I first awoke to myself as transgendered, I tried a few names that started with S; Sally Anne, Sabrina, and a few others. None of these seemed quite right, so I created the name zythyra, which is based on my birth name. I like this name since it isn't associated with any gender, and that works since I feel neither male or female, but something else.
Many years ago I asked my mother what my name would've been if I'd been born visibly female, she said Alice was a possibility.
When I first joined Susan's, I used a b+w of myself that was taken in 1993, then I used a color pic from around 2000 for a while. Being a little concerned with privacy, I pulled the pictures and picked this avatar instead.
zythyra
Well, my name came from Invader Zim. I've been using it since 2002 in a variety of places. The character isn't someone I identify with, I just liked the name.
The avatar is from El Tigre. My daughter loves the show and saw me looking for a picture and told me to use her picture of Frida. This post just reminds me that I watch too many cartoons with her. :D
Wow Folks,
What a fascinating collection of avatars and names! Even when we keep our identities hidden we still share a glimpse of our personalities when we create a new name and select an avatar.
It seems that female personalities posted about 12 times as much as male personalites. I wonder if I can turn this statistic into a dare? ;)
Thanks for posting!
Wendy
"Rhonda" is my actual name.
My legal name is about to be consigned to the past; the name change paperwork is in legal process.
Picture: I had scanned through many of them and the one chosen, resonated strongly with the self.
Oh I sorry I missed this thread.
I am Jillieann Rose.
Why did I pick these names? They are my favorite people and I used there names and my initials to make my name.
Jill is my sister. With the help of some counseling session I have remembered that I was always jealousy of the extra attention my father gave her and not me. :(
Ann is my wife middle name. I love her so and wanted to share her name.
Rose is my grandmother name. She lived next door when I was grown up. She was my other mom and my best friend too. She would have been a great help with my TS issues. I miss her so much as she passed away over 5 years ago. But now she is a part of who I am.
:)
Jillieann
Quote from: Anemonie on April 06, 2007, 09:58:22 PM
I chose Anemonie because it was closeish to the previous name that I had, yet not as obnoxious.
My avatar is a rl pic. No joke
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Indeed.
That fish upon your head 'becomes' you. :laugh:
I found yours to be really cute and whenever I read one of your posts, I can't help but to smile when I see it. :)
Last night, I was getting undressed, and was leaning in the doorway in a denim shirt, sleeves rolled, and white panties. Marcy said I looked like Sandra Dee. lol....if only!
Sandra passed away a couple years ago, but I'm sure she won't mind borrowing my her image for my avatar for a while.
LOL....Sandra Dee. One can always dream........
Bev
Birth name Ken, Family and close friends (and some partners) call me Kenny
Feminized name Kendra
Androgynous name Kendall
Sometimes here they call me KK, Short for Ken/Kendra
Hence the Ken/Kendra/Kenny/Kendall/KK
The pictures I choose for my avatar, are the ones that I took risks, and tried some new cosmetic styling thing, that have certain aspects that I like. I have had maybe 7 avatars since first coming to this site.
I picked gothique11 because that's something I came up with one day -- gothique, because I'm part of the goth culture, and 11 because that's my lucky number.
My picture -- well, I don't have one up yet, but when I can upload it I'm going to use my real picture.
Oh, and my real name is Natalie, if anyone was wondering. :P
when I was creating a screen name for a web site I wanted to keep a name that had a first initial the same as my real name richard. as i was ordering cloths on line i was using R as the first name. I wanted to Rachel but the name was taken.. So in trying to keep with this logical thing I came down to Regina as I know several women that have that name and are very lovely.I took that name and have used it sincewhen monline and when buying things online and I tend to kept when it comes time for srs in the near future
I chose my screen name as Amberctm because it could'nt really identify me. My real name is Mischa which in russian started off as Micheal then transitioned over time to become Michelle. It also has origins in Hindu, in which it means smile. My profile pic is old and doesn't really look like me anymore.
SS for Short Skirt and my name is Cindy so SSindy My new picture is an old one I found lying around my laptop :) a few years ago I went gliding so there it is :)
lol, that's my photo on the left lol >:D
Jeannette is my name. Can't upload my pickie for some reason. :(
My name is from Les Miserable (the musical) and the pic is one of my cute avatars.
Floritine :eusa_dance: :eusa_dance:
Name ?
"Laura" because I needed to retain my "L" initial so that the many hundreds of my old documents (specs, calcs, procedures, dissasertions) in the company library still bore my recognisable name !
It was going to be "Lisa", "Louise", or "Laura", an I guess Laura won because it was a name in current Hungarian useage which fitted with family ethnicity and my surname - which I had no intention of changing ... an I liked Laura best too :) !
"Eva" because it was the name of my prematurely born and only sibling who died at just three weeks old, and would be what I'd have been called if I'd been born as I should have been ... my mum OK'd this choice because I knew it was a sensitive issue.
My pictures ... well the avatar I use here represents a blonder me than I am now and is from a year ago ... but as they say "blondes have more fun" and I'm tempted to get the bleach out, or at least let the summer sun lighten me.
I've always used real pics of me on net forums .... I think it helps people to relate if they can see a real image of you ?
My "avatar history" on various groups over nearly three years of transition ....
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.geocities.com%2Flaura_eva_b%2Favatar_history03.jpg&hash=669b4495cba66b5176c1248f0d05803343ca96c8)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.geocities.com%2Flaura_eva_b%2Favatars_new.jpg&hash=a9c96f13d46e5307cf0f14da3d5921eb2fd0663f)
Laura x
Margaret Adele is the name I would have had had I been born female. I went by Joan for a while as my male name is John and the change is small.. I was Mrs. John for a while. Eventually I will be able to post a pic and it will be a piccy my of oh so pretty self
Margie
Nikki(Nicole) is my planned RL name(and my current SL name) and my avatar is my Second Life avatar.