So I haven't posted on here in quite a long time... it's been a roller-coaster couple of months overall. But it all came to an amazing peak yesterday when I decided to come out publicly both on social media and at work. I wrote a little letter to my Facebook friends several weeks ago and spent the following weeks doing minor edits in plans of waiting for National Coming Out Day on 10/11; however, yesterday I just felt so good, I couldn't wait any longer. I posted my letter and made sure to temporarily loosen my privacy settings so that everybody could see it. My wife, Kerri, wrote a post of her own, talking about how proud she is of me and how this will not impact our marriage. The replies were overwhelmingly positive and as of last check, I had something around 50 like and love reactions and roughly 20 replies about how brave I am and how lucky Kerri and I are to have each other. At work, I told everybody in a quick one on one, and supplied them with a 3 page post from our HR website titled "When a Co-Worker is Transgender," that provides some great resources for understanding. Everyone, even our two more conservative employees, we're incredibly supportive. I'm actually a little surprised at how positive everyone has been, call me a pessimist, but I expected some negativity from somebody... then again, it's still fresh and I'm not sure that everyone I know has seen the post. I'm sure some of my Facebook friends might also have previously set their pages to not show my posts without unfriending me due to some opposing political views.

I just want to thank everyone on this site for all of the inspiration. I know I don't post very often, and hopefully that will change, but reading some of your stories and interacting with the small few that I have posted back and forth with has helped me in ways I could never properly describe.

Great and wonderful news,  thank you for sharing,  and good luck for the future,  enjoy it!

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Congratulations!  Coming out is a big scary deal, and it is worth a celebration when it goes well.

Congratulations. 

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It's always great having spousal support. Live well.

Hi Crystal ,

Fantastic , I am so happy for you , best of luck on becoming a truer self.

I have a long road , I dare not think of how long , but as you know we must travel it.

Should I meet you along the way , I shall think it as providence , if not I shall bid you good journey and let this parting be not the end but rather a beginning of a journey we both will take.

If by chance we meet at the end of the road , then it was a journey worth traveling for it has brought us both home.

Travel safe my friend , take care.

Tappy

Nice job crystal.  Affirmation and support!  I'm sure you feel so much lighter now too.

Congratulations!

You have great friends and spouse.

Hello everyone, I has been a milestone week for me this week. My wife and I had talk this week, during which I came out to her that I associate more as a woman than a man and that I want to have sex with men.

I previous have been seeing a psychiatrist regarding gender dysphoria and we discussed about have the talk with my wife after Christmas. My wife has known that I like to cross dress but thought it was only in lingerie. She now knows that I like to fully transform myself. She was great, she didn't get angry and was able to listen. However she did say that the sex with men was not an option and that I need to manage my feelings and continue with the psychiatrist with that being the focus. We will see where this ends up.

I also spoke with my GP (of over 10 years) yesterday and informed that my bouts of depression are likely from my gender dysphoria. I now have an assessment with another psychiatrist next week.