The First Step
As many of you know who read my last post, I will be deleting my male identity from Facebook in the beginning of July. On March 30, my anniversary of starting HRT, I will post a message on Facebook indicating that the account will be deleted in a week and if they want to continue to friend me then they will have to go to my female identity. Well, today I took the first steps towards that change. I finally added my last name to my female identity and wrote not only the Facebook message but also a coming out letter to my extended family to that they aren't surprised when the Facebook announcement comes.
I've been putting off writing this letter because, one, I wanted my brother to know first and my mom requested that she have that responsibility, and two, I needed to take the time and work up the courage to write the letter. For me coming out is difficult. I originally came out here and my friends disseminated it from there, and I never actually came out to my parents, someone else did it for me. So this is really my first big family reveal. So, today I start the journey to being out to my family and to stop hiding my truth from my past.