I came out to my brother and his wife yesterday. They were super supportive and love me. It was awesome. We also talked normally both before and after. . . thank God for the good people in the world.

But that got me thinking ... what are the bad ways to come out of the closet? I've got one, but there have to be more.

So I'm gay.
You like men?
No I like women. And I want to be one.

"By the way, I have to go into surgery next week"

"Oh my god, I hope you're okay.  What happened?"

"Nothing really.  Just having a sex change operation.  Say want to get ice cream".

"So, I've decided to change my name."

"Oh? That's a surprise. What are you changing it to?"

"Madeleine!"

"I take it that isn't all you're changing?"

""

I always start with "I am gay but not actually gay then explain I am trans." I think its the best way seeming cis people dont really ever comprehend what it is to be trans.

On  fun note I always imagined doing some anime cosplay as some volaroid or something and saying "boom this tits are real no padding used homies" for a good laugh and complete mind crush for them.

I've just changed my avatar from male to female which brings me onto something that you may find funny. . . . . .

Paraphrased

"Israel is going through hard times right now with what's going on over there.  I'm going to pray for that nation."

"So guess what?"

"What?"

"I'm transgender."

A member of my TG group made this good/bad/punny video a few ago. I think it sums up all the ways prett good

when I use it to win an argument.

I was talking to a friends mother... This friend is Christian but she's not very strict, her mother however is, I'd already come out to this friend, she could see me entrapping her and was in hysterics as I did this.

"I don't think gays should be allowed to get married I couldn't goto a church that endorsed such a thing."
"So what about me."
"what about you?"
"Should I marry a man?"
"Well yeah, I think so"
"I have a Penis and I'm legally a man are you really okay with me marrying a man in your church?"
"Urrrhhh Whu... No if you were born..."
"So I should marry a woman... As my body is in it's current state, with boobs, long hair, female voice ect..."
*Stunned confused silence*

The other time I did this.
I was explaining how I was in a bad relationship with a guy where he seemed to be trying to turn me into his <not allowed>-buddy intentionally stringing me along, and I was lonely enough that I didn't care. This lady who works for our neighbouring company says.
"You shouldn't put up with that, You should find a nice man."
I reply. "Easier said than done my body is a major obstacle to this and most of my relationships fail because of it."
She presumes I'm digging for compliments. "You look fine and you have a lovely body."
"I have a dick." I interject flatly She's stunned to silence.

Thanks Joanne that was great.  I grew up with Dr. Seuss and he remains a personal hero.

My coming out was most complicated by my assertion as a non binary that I was not becoming a woman and certainly was not a man.  Oh that can make heads twirl.

I've been getting this a lot lately...

"So how did you lose all that weight?" (>20 lbs in 4 weeks)

What I want to say...
"I came out to myself, transgender."

What I do say...
"It's all in your head."

I am really afraid of what my Dad's reaction could be, so my current plan once I muster the courage is pretty bad.  I am simply going to tell him I have non-treatable cancer.  Once I see that announcement has had its full emotional impact I will let him know I was just kidding and my announcement is actually only that I'm transgender.

Quote from: skin on September 05, 2013, 01:23:59 AM
I am really afraid of what my Dad's reaction could be, so my current plan once I muster the courage is pretty bad.  I am simply going to tell him I have non-treatable cancer.  Once I see that announcement has had its full emotional impact I will let him know I was just kidding and my announcement is actually only that I'm transgender.

That parallels what I did tell my wife last night (who already knows). Basically, would I be getting the same sort of treatment if I had cancer? I think it worked... but it was a terrible thing to say. There are a lot of parallels in grief - she sees me as dying or dead, yet I'm still around. I basically said the difference between the two was in how they were socially accepted... obviously that's not entirely true - but I was speaking to her grief, not to the transgender condition.

This wasn't really a bad way to come out but I think it was funny.

Coming out to my sister who is 4½ years older than me.

For the past few years, my sister and I haven't talked. She got mad at me over something stupid on Facebook and that's how it was. My mom told me about a conversation she had with my sister, she told her how we were trying to patch things up and asked my sister if she wanted to as well. My sister replied "yes, I want my little brother back". So my mom set it up earlier this year. So when we met at our mom's house (neutral ground), my sister and I patched things up and I came out to her but I couldn't believe her reaction, you probably won't either.

After we patched things up, remembering the conversation between her and my mom, I said "I forgive you but you're not getting your brother back." She looked concerned and asked "why not?" I answered "because I'm really your sister." She literally jumped out of her seat with a loud "SQUEE" and said "I've always wanted a sister!"

Amy

Quote from: Amelia Pond on September 06, 2013, 07:55:24 AM
After we patched things up, remembering the conversation between her and my mom, I said "I forgive you but you're not getting your brother back." She looked concerned and asked "why not?" I answered "because I'm really your sister." She literally jumped out of her seat with a loud "SQUEE" and said "I've always wanted a sister!"

Amy

I may have to steal that for my sister... who was always proud of having two brothers... and didn't want a sister when my mother was pregnant with my brother.


Here's one for the people who know my wife is at odds with me... (gay is a popular guess)
"The problem isn't that I'm gay. It's that my wife is not."

I fully expect a "huh??" response.

This thread stirred a memory. I was out FT at work but I deal with a lot of interstate people who have known me for many years, we meet irregularly.

I was signing contracts with my new legal name, forgetting that I hadn't told people. I received a phone call saying, 'I see you have changed your name, does that mean what we think it means?' Me 'Yes probably' 'Congratulations from everyone in the company! We will update our records to reflect your new life.

The Head of the company contacted me a few days later wanting to fly over and greet me in person (I had known her for years as well); she took me out for lunch and it was extremely pleasant and easy. Considering it cost the company $1500 in airfares and accommodation for her, just to reassure me that everyone in the company was in tune with me was a pretty accepting gesture.

Posting this video on Facebook with the text, "I have something very important to tell you all."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL4UGSbeFg

Quote from: Septet on September 08, 2013, 05:03:43 AM
Posting this video on Facebook with the text, "I have something very important to tell you all."

I'm so doing that when it comes time for the name change...
I often think about how I would do the Facebook reveal... I have to figure that practically everyone knows by then anyway. I'd HAVE to be full time at work first (work + Facebook just makes trans* that much more nerve-wracking).

~

Oh and thanks Amy, I thought of just how I want to tell my sister... "So you know how you said you wanted two brothers and no sisters when you were little...... sorry."

I almost expect her to ask if our mom is pregnant... And YES I WILL say that to her... after she reads my letter and processes it. When I tell her, I tell all the immediate family, though - so it may be soon, or I may wait (I plan on discussing that with my therapist tomorrow) -- there are complications because her husband and my SIL's husband work together.

Quote from: kabit on September 08, 2013, 05:49:02 AM
Oh and thanks Amy, I thought of just how I want to tell my sister... "So you know how you said you wanted two brothers and no sisters when you were little...... sorry."

I almost expect her to ask if our mom is pregnant... And YES I WILL say that to her... after she reads my letter and processes it. When I tell her, I tell all the immediate family, though - so it may be soon, or I may wait (I plan on discussing that with my therapist tomorrow) -- there are complications because her husband and my SIL's husband work together.

  Glad I could help. 

Good luck!

Amy

Quote from: Cindy on September 06, 2013, 06:30:26 PM
This thread stirred a memory.

The Head of the company contacted me a few days later wanting to fly over and greet me in person (I had known her for years as well); she took me out for lunch and it was extremely pleasant and easy. Considering it cost the company $1500 in airfares and accommodation for her, just to reassure me that everyone in the company was in tune with me was a pretty accepting gesture.

Gee Cindy, you had an expensive, if very positive, affirmation.  Ok, You are worth it!