I meant to do this last year

Oct 11, 2010 21:44

I swear it was, like, 2 months ago when National Coming-Out Day came around and I didn't notice it in time and I thought "oh well, I should be able to catch it next year" -- because I wanted to make a point of participating.

You'd probably never guess from looking at me, but I have gender dysphoria (self-diagnosed, peer-confirmed).

If for whatever reason you don't want to read about this, then don't. (If you want to convince yourself I'm wrong, feel free to remain focused on ignorance.) Otherwise, read on...

This isn't exactly a secret, and I've certainly never tried very hard to conceal it (though I've made a point of not bringing it up in certain contexts). I had a hidden-but-not-locked web site where I discussed it, and was getting ready to post more openly, but a certain ex-relative found it and put pressure on my family to put pressure on me to take it down, and I did -- I was, in effect, shoved back in the closet after "coming out" about it. So much for the value of honesty.

I intend to remedy that sometime soon, but so far all I've had time/inspiration to do so far is type up this primer on gender identity.

If anyone who isn't already on my gender filter would like to be, please let me know (publicly or privately, whatever works for you). I also have no problem with answering questions in comments on this post.

I also recommend this post from a "straight" person about the importance of "coming out" in general.

P.S. I think of this not so much as "outing" myself as "re-outing" myself or perhaps simply reaffirming my "out"ness.

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