Intro

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Hi everyone, I'm new to the community. For a basic introduction, my name is Alex and I'm a soon-to-be 26 year old pre-op/no-ho TG butch guy. I grew up in NJ, went to school in Massachussetts, and now live in the SF Bay Area. With that said, I'll just dive in to the current waters I'm treading- and before I zip my wetsuit up, it's nice to meet you all!

I battled whether or not to go on T all the time when I was in college. It was a difficult struggle for me. I won't say that sometimes the idea of T isn't in the back of my mind, but rather I decided that it is probably not feasible for me to have T due to my medical history. So while I do have my pondering moments about the T or no T issue, it's not  tumultuous for me anymore. However I do want top surgery and hopefully have that done by the time I am 30. I'm not sure yet if I'd want the F changed to an M, but I haven't come to that bridge yet. However I do wish that a T or even an X would be an option on legal documents!

Right now, I'm doing a legal name change. I always thought my first name is too feminine/pretty even though it can be a guy's name in another culture..but not in America. I never identified with the meaning of my middle name regardless of what gender people use it for. 

So, I'm changing it. I can do it, I support myself financially and independently, and yes, I CAN DO IT!!

I wanted a middle name that'd reflect my Gaelic/Celtic/Scottish heritage but have also considered other possibilities that would go nicely with just Alex...input is really welcome:

Alex Cieran or Alex Ciaran
Alex Carson
Alex Mason
Alex Chandler
Alex Ryan
Alex Caden or Alex Caeden
Alex Caelen


Of course it'd have to go nicely with my Scottish last name.