JP
Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009
Under: Transgendered
Name or Nick Name : JP
Country or City you are from: : USA
Your Age : 16
Your Gender : Male
What did you come out as? : Transgendered
What other words would you use to describe yourself? : I am a musical cathartic kinda guy, ya know? Music is my outlet. Sometimes I just bang around, being all bitter at the world, but sometimes I actually make beautiful music.
How old were you when you first realised your identity? : 4
How old were you when you first told someone? : 15
Did you plan it? If so, how? : No. I had a mental breakdown and burst into tears. That person told me that I could not go by male at my school.
What made you choose that person to tell? : Catharsis… nuff said
Can you remember exactly what you said? : no…
How did you feel? : heartbroken, scared out of my mind… this that and the other
What was the person’s reaction? : nice and all, but not accepting
What did they say? : “You can’t be a boy here.”
What was your relationship with the person like afterwards? : I hate her. I have avoided her (which is easy because I’m 6′3″ and she’s like three feet tall… seriously
What’s it like now? : Coolish. I have good days and bad days. my friends are cool about it in general.
Since coming out how out are you at school? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you at work? : not_applicable
Since coming out, how “out” are you with family? : are_you_crazy
Since coming out, how “out” are you with your friends? : all_out
What does being out mean to you? : Being honest. All my friends refer to me as [name]. Only my family refers to me as [girl name]
What differences, if any, did your cultural background make to your experience of coming out? : none, I’m white
What does the concept of the closet mean to you? : Hiding from the world, in the dark, being miserable, needing to escape from everything
What advice would you give someone wanting to come out? : Come out to someone you love and trust and who loves you back.
If you could do it all again, would you do it any differently? If so, how? : Come out to someone who actually cared.
Anything you want to add? : Being trans sucks. Being suspended from school for having a mental breakdown… sucks worse.
Country or City you are from: : USA
Your Age : 16
Your Gender : Male
What did you come out as? : Transgendered
What other words would you use to describe yourself? : I am a musical cathartic kinda guy, ya know? Music is my outlet. Sometimes I just bang around, being all bitter at the world, but sometimes I actually make beautiful music.
How old were you when you first realised your identity? : 4
How old were you when you first told someone? : 15
Did you plan it? If so, how? : No. I had a mental breakdown and burst into tears. That person told me that I could not go by male at my school.
What made you choose that person to tell? : Catharsis… nuff said
Can you remember exactly what you said? : no…
How did you feel? : heartbroken, scared out of my mind… this that and the other
What was the person’s reaction? : nice and all, but not accepting
What did they say? : “You can’t be a boy here.”
What was your relationship with the person like afterwards? : I hate her. I have avoided her (which is easy because I’m 6′3″ and she’s like three feet tall… seriously
What’s it like now? : Coolish. I have good days and bad days. my friends are cool about it in general.
Since coming out how out are you at school? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you at work? : not_applicable
Since coming out, how “out” are you with family? : are_you_crazy
Since coming out, how “out” are you with your friends? : all_out
What does being out mean to you? : Being honest. All my friends refer to me as [name]. Only my family refers to me as [girl name]
What differences, if any, did your cultural background make to your experience of coming out? : none, I’m white
What does the concept of the closet mean to you? : Hiding from the world, in the dark, being miserable, needing to escape from everything
What advice would you give someone wanting to come out? : Come out to someone you love and trust and who loves you back.
If you could do it all again, would you do it any differently? If so, how? : Come out to someone who actually cared.
Anything you want to add? : Being trans sucks. Being suspended from school for having a mental breakdown… sucks worse.
In : Transgendered
