First draft of a future facebook post....I hope.
Okay, one and all. Today is National Coming Out Day (EDITORS NOTE for SW: I know that's not today, that's my planned date for the publishing of this post). And, in the spirit of the day, there's something that's been weighing on me for a long time. I've hidden it throughout my life, but no more. It's time for you all to know.
*deep breath*. I.....have a twisted, dark and inappropriate sense of humor. "Bad" jokes are a constant thing in my mind. It's not easy. So often I think to myself "Self, why are you like this? Why would you even think of that joke, let alone think it's funny?" And I reply "Other self, I just don't know!" I can't tell you how many I've keep to myself hourly...afraid to give you a glimpse into this head of mine. How you would judge me, ostracize me, hate me...it might even come to violence. This may be new information to some of you, you may have known or at least suspected all along. Please understand, however, this is the me I've always been. Love me, hate me, be apathetic towards me. But I stand here no different now than I've always been. This is still the 'me' you've always known. The only thing different is now you do know.
I expect ridicule for this. I expect jokes made at my expense. I will probably lose some people because of it. But I hope at least some of you will accept me for who I am. Love me anyways, or in the very least, think no less of me. You have the right to your opinion about this, I know I can't change your mind. This has been hard for me, you guys have no idea how long I've been making little baby steps in private towards this goal of coming out and living as who I am.
If you have any questions, I will answer them to the best of my ability.
Whew. I'm nervous about this, but damn if I don't feel better getting that off my chest.
Now, read this again, but replace all the references to me having a weird sense of humor, and jokes and all that with "I'm transgender" and you now know what I'm really saying. By the way, this part is NOT a joke.
This is seriously something I've lived with as far back as I can remember. This is not something I chose. This is something I fought with myself tooth and nail over throughout my teenage years and well into my 20s. This is something I don't feel I can hide any longer. fighting and hiding has caused me more harm than I can adequately explain.
I still haven't decided how far I'm going to take this. There are a lot of reasons why I will probably never go the surgery route, but for now I'm taking it one step at a time. This wasn't step number one, It didn't even crack the top 100.
All right, to quote Marty DiBergi...enough of my yapping, whatd'ya say? Let's boogie.
Nice to meet you all, My name is Sarah (Last name redacted)
*deep breath*. I.....have a twisted, dark and inappropriate sense of humor. "Bad" jokes are a constant thing in my mind. It's not easy. So often I think to myself "Self, why are you like this? Why would you even think of that joke, let alone think it's funny?" And I reply "Other self, I just don't know!" I can't tell you how many I've keep to myself hourly...afraid to give you a glimpse into this head of mine. How you would judge me, ostracize me, hate me...it might even come to violence. This may be new information to some of you, you may have known or at least suspected all along. Please understand, however, this is the me I've always been. Love me, hate me, be apathetic towards me. But I stand here no different now than I've always been. This is still the 'me' you've always known. The only thing different is now you do know.
I expect ridicule for this. I expect jokes made at my expense. I will probably lose some people because of it. But I hope at least some of you will accept me for who I am. Love me anyways, or in the very least, think no less of me. You have the right to your opinion about this, I know I can't change your mind. This has been hard for me, you guys have no idea how long I've been making little baby steps in private towards this goal of coming out and living as who I am.
If you have any questions, I will answer them to the best of my ability.
Whew. I'm nervous about this, but damn if I don't feel better getting that off my chest.
Now, read this again, but replace all the references to me having a weird sense of humor, and jokes and all that with "I'm transgender" and you now know what I'm really saying. By the way, this part is NOT a joke.
This is seriously something I've lived with as far back as I can remember. This is not something I chose. This is something I fought with myself tooth and nail over throughout my teenage years and well into my 20s. This is something I don't feel I can hide any longer. fighting and hiding has caused me more harm than I can adequately explain.
I still haven't decided how far I'm going to take this. There are a lot of reasons why I will probably never go the surgery route, but for now I'm taking it one step at a time. This wasn't step number one, It didn't even crack the top 100.
All right, to quote Marty DiBergi...enough of my yapping, whatd'ya say? Let's boogie.
Nice to meet you all, My name is Sarah (Last name redacted)
