I'm out!

By which I mean that I’m finally out of the closet, as it were. After struggling against my gender identity for many years, I finally came to a place of peace regarding it about a year ago.

Since then, I’ve been busy making arrangements to head down the path of “social and medical transitioning”, and about a week and a half ago, I reached the point of being ready to open with everyone in my life about what’s been going on.

So here’s the short version: I’m trans.

I was assigned male at birth, but that role never fit me very well. For a long time, I was terrified that admitting this to anyone—including myself—would lead to huge losses: family, friends, church, job, reputation…

But I finally reached the point at which I could no longer hide from myself, so here we are.

Coming from a faith tradition that has historically ostracized and vilified LGBTQ folks has made my journey far more difficult. However, on the positive side, this has provided me with the motivation to do a lot of research along the way to self-acceptance.

I hope to share some of my key findings as well as observations as I go through the process of transition for myself. I doubt that I have anything truly novel to say, but perhaps I’ll be lucky enough to express some existing ideas in a new way that helps someone else out.