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butterflywing.livejournal.comI think he is a very patient and understanding man. I told him about my gender. I kinda explained the proccess I've been going through in my head for a year and half and how I feel and ID at this point. He understood. He nodded his head and commented on me being "androgynous" growing up.
I told him I had finally decided to tell him this because I am about to enter a new stage of my life. I'm making that transition from high school to college.....and that gives me a clean slate (almost). I told him that a few people in my life occacsionally called me Nathaniel (the name I would have been given had I been born with male gentiles). I told him I liked this because it was a way a honor and validate a part of me........
But I told him I wasn't neccessarily looking for a girl's name and a boy's name....because I don't feel like both; I feel like neither. A more gender neutral name would be ideal. I said I had been thinking about that recently, and that everyday I thought about it more and more. And everytime I think about, the more I want it. The more it seems right for me. The more I am comfortable with it.
So basically, I told him because on the first day I move into USM, I'll probably be introducing myself with a different name. I told him I'm not sure yet if I will ever want a legal change, but that was not what I wanted right now. So we talked about this, and he seemed pretty cool with it. This makes me feel very relieved.
I told him I had finally decided to tell him this because I am about to enter a new stage of my life. I'm making that transition from high school to college.....and that gives me a clean slate (almost). I told him that a few people in my life occacsionally called me Nathaniel (the name I would have been given had I been born with male gentiles). I told him I liked this because it was a way a honor and validate a part of me........
But I told him I wasn't neccessarily looking for a girl's name and a boy's name....because I don't feel like both; I feel like neither. A more gender neutral name would be ideal. I said I had been thinking about that recently, and that everyday I thought about it more and more. And everytime I think about, the more I want it. The more it seems right for me. The more I am comfortable with it.
So basically, I told him because on the first day I move into USM, I'll probably be introducing myself with a different name. I told him I'm not sure yet if I will ever want a legal change, but that was not what I wanted right now. So we talked about this, and he seemed pretty cool with it. This makes me feel very relieved.
