So, I have a question. I have successfully come out to most of the people I deeply care about including immediate family l. That was hard enough. Now, I have a ton of other people that didn't make that initial list.
Frankly, I don't care what they think or how they react. I simply want to handle telling them without causing too much shock while providing the best explanation. I refuse to make a blanket post on social media... I really don't think facebook and twitter are the way to go.
I am sure this is a common issue with us girls! I'd like to hear from your experience. How did you come out to less significant people in your life?
I am to the point where all i want to do is cry when im forced into guy mode. Since everyone is not aware of my transition it makes it difficult. Any suggestions/advise is welcomed.
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I used Facebook - it allowed me to tell everyone the same thing and tell them all at once. I got no negative responses. Mind you I told them the day I went full time and half of them already knew.
I hope you don't mind a guy posting on your thread...
Well, most of my friends know and I'm lucky enough that they respect my identity even when I'm with other people who don't know (I'm pre-t, so I will get misgendered). Most of the time... I just don't do it, I don't really care to come out to people who I will only see a couple of times in my life. I introduce myself as Julián, talk about me in male pronouns and adjetives (wich have a gender mark in spanish) and hope that they will pick up on that. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't and keep calling me by my old name and wrong pronouns. If I have to come out, I do it with only one person, instead of a group of people (wich would make me feel like I'm on a stage or something), or in the company of a friend, which makes me feel safer.
I hope this helped!
Yesterday I came out during an almost-dramatic phone argument with a longtime male friend...
But seriously, AmandaDanielle, I am in a similiar place as you describe, as far as having come out to close family and friends. Sharing your aversion to using a blanket social media post. At this point anyway- Ms Grace's example of a fb post sounds right...but not just yet, in my case. Need to keep telling people one by one as the need surfaces and opportunites present themselves