As a background to this, I came out to my mom as transgender about a month ago but I'm sure she was suspecting it far prior to this. In the past year, she's been using (full gender-specific birth name (FGBN)) instead of (shortened non-gender-specific form of birth name (SN)) to refer to me far more often, and I do suspect she's been encouraging ( Read more... )

 Ok, this is kind of a multi-layered entry, 'cause I've been keeping all my anxieties real quiet lately ( Read more... )

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Hello, I'm Kai. I'm 17 and FtN...ish. My actual gender is neutral, but the filter between me and the world changes from male to female and other stuff. I'm preparing to tell my parents that I'm trans within the next two months, so I will probably be asking a lot of things. Right now I'll just start with a couple questions ( Read more... )

hi folks.  I'm curious...how do you pick names ( Read more... )

Hi everyone, I'm new to the community. For a basic introduction, my name is Alex and I'm a soon-to-be 26 year old pre-op/no-ho TG butch guy. I grew up in NJ, went to school in Massachussetts, and now live in the SF Bay Area. With that said, I'll just dive in to the current waters I'm treading- and before I zip my wetsuit up, it's nice to meet you ( Read more... )

I've lurked here for a while, but I guess it's time to make an introduction for myself ( Read more... )

Hello
I have been thinking on this issue before about finding a male name for myself, and really, I have, however it is is simply the male variant of my given name, not bad in and of itself, but even more unusual.
the name in question is
MARINUS

any thought on choosing "odd" or unusual names for yourselves?
thanks!
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So you might be able to infer from my user tag that I'm Dan. I was very into frat culture, probably because I thought that was what was expected of men. Especially men who live in North Carolina ( Read more... )