Another draft
Jan. 10th, 2014 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellownessNote: I hope to make this a Facebook status. I'll elaborate if asked.
Dear friends and family,
Today is the day I tell everyone I know on Facebook something I have hid for a very long time. I am transgender. In my case, I am someone who was assigned the male gender at birth and raised as a boy but identifies as female instead. Although I have felt this way about myself ever since I was little, I never told anyone about it because I thought everyone, even my own family members, would be ashamed of me. But today I am coming out to everyone to finally start being honest with myself and everyone else and to let everyone know that I accept myself for who I am. If it weren't for the encouragement of supportive friends, acquaintances, and even some close family members, I would be too afraid to make this status.
And honestly, I'm still scared of the reactions I might get. But I know I need to get this off my chest for my own sake and yours as well. If you reject me for who I am and abhor this news, that is up to you and I apologize. In any case, I ask that you acknowledge that the pain of being shamed and rejected is also difficult for me to handle. I didn't make this status to toy with people's feelings - I made it to come clean and disclose an important part of myself to everyone I know. Thank you for reading.
Sincerely,
-[male name]
Dear friends and family,
Today is the day I tell everyone I know on Facebook something I have hid for a very long time. I am transgender. In my case, I am someone who was assigned the male gender at birth and raised as a boy but identifies as female instead. Although I have felt this way about myself ever since I was little, I never told anyone about it because I thought everyone, even my own family members, would be ashamed of me. But today I am coming out to everyone to finally start being honest with myself and everyone else and to let everyone know that I accept myself for who I am. If it weren't for the encouragement of supportive friends, acquaintances, and even some close family members, I would be too afraid to make this status.
And honestly, I'm still scared of the reactions I might get. But I know I need to get this off my chest for my own sake and yours as well. If you reject me for who I am and abhor this news, that is up to you and I apologize. In any case, I ask that you acknowledge that the pain of being shamed and rejected is also difficult for me to handle. I didn't make this status to toy with people's feelings - I made it to come clean and disclose an important part of myself to everyone I know. Thank you for reading.
Sincerely,
-[male name]
your safety
Date: 2014-01-11 02:38 pm (UTC)Angie unduplicated
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Date: 2014-01-14 05:04 pm (UTC)