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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Topic started by: aleon515 on February 09, 2013, 06:28:36 PM

Title: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: aleon515 on February 09, 2013, 06:28:36 PM
This was so awesome. I have come out to the person who cuts my hair. She's very neat and got it right away. Anyway, I got a fade.

She used the word "sir". I told her I was changing my legal name but not til after school was out but that I used the name Jay at the trans center. So she starts calling me Jay. Even changed my name on the computer. It just felt so affirming!


--Jay
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: Joe. on February 09, 2013, 06:30:29 PM
That's great news! I'm really pleased for you and it's amazing that she was so cool with it.

Joey
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: DriftingCrow on February 09, 2013, 06:31:03 PM
Jay that's sweet!  ;D
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: Felix on February 09, 2013, 06:46:14 PM
Yay it's always cool when people take it well. :)
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: Adam (birkin) on February 09, 2013, 06:47:40 PM
That's awesome! I had a similar experience with a dental hygienist once, she got them to change everything in the system, even my gender. And she said "I just want you to be happy and feel good about who you are in the world. That's all I want for me, it's all I want for my son, and it's all I want for you." just goes to show you, people aren't all bad, a lot are really cool and just take people as they are. They're the best. ;D
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: Liminal Stranger on February 09, 2013, 08:11:40 PM
Dude, that's awesome! Always nice when you run into an accepting person during your day.
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: King Malachite on February 10, 2013, 12:14:18 AM
Awesome!  Congrats! :)
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: CursedFireDean on February 10, 2013, 06:30:51 AM
That's awesome, dude!
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: aleon515 on February 10, 2013, 08:51:13 PM
Thanks for the awesome response guys. And I had yet another one today.
I go to this coffee place and always get ice tea. This guy said "thanks man". I have known him for about a year so I think he has figured out I'm trans as I was presenting female (though perhaps rather tomboy) before. It's was wonderful to hear this outside the trans center. So I think I had an amazing weekend, and I didn't do that much.

--Jay
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: ford on February 10, 2013, 09:37:40 PM
This is awesome. You're making me wish I was back in NM  :)
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: aleon515 on February 10, 2013, 11:04:21 PM
Quote from: ford on February 10, 2013, 09:37:40 PM
This is awesome. You're making me wish I was back in NM  :)

Can I just like this post!! :)
Title: Re: Cool experience today getting my hair cut
Post by: Cindy on February 11, 2013, 01:37:53 AM
Really good to hear you guys are getting some breaks.

I used to have a mantra ' Not everyone is a ->-bleeped-<-head, just the ones I meet'

And it's great when it works out.

Way to go!!