From a distance, some funny stuff from my early transitioning days
Posted by LGBT Weekly Latest Issue, Trans Progressive Thursday, April 21st, 2011
by Autumn Sandeen
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The first day of my transition from male-to-female was Feb. 6, 2003. I had been retired from the U.S. Navy for about 2 1/2 years, and was attending classes at National University in a bid to obtain a Bachelor of Science for Information Systems (IS).
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So Feb. 6, 2003 was not only my first day as Autumn, but it also was my first day at work-study at the transgender-friendly VA Patient Health Library.
On that February day, I looked as good as I possibly could – which is to say at best I only somewhat "passed" as female. I wore a black, wool gabardine skirt suit and a white blouse. I was pretty overdressed for working with VA patients. My make-up had also been professionally done.
I felt euphoric that day. I was living my gender truth for the first day of my life. Passing as female wasn't as important as living as female. But it didn't stay that way. Passing became very, very important to me.