@DataDrake
I am incredibly proud of your choice to make your transition and even more impressed with the thoughtful, organized and deeply researched and detailed blogpost informing everyone about your transition.
My home is smack in the middle of one of the largest gay neighborhoods in the United States and I've been involved at the community level for over 15 years. Trans issues have always been difficult for me to effectively advocate for because of the complexity of the issue and the addition of so much new terminology needed to fully grasp the spectrum of gender and sexuality.
My best friend of over 20 years is trans and started hormone therapy last year.
Despite growing up in, advocating for, and being surrounded by so many LGBTQ causes and issues, even with a best friend going through a transition.. I've never been able to articulate or really advocate for trans issues because I did not understand them.
IMO, your blog post is the best explanation of the transition process that I have ever seen. You did an amazing job of being transparent and upfront while still setting boundaries and limitations of what others should expect from you.
I am really proud of you.. not just for your transition but for the work and effort you undertook to articulate your transition to others in a way that made sense. You are not just helping yourself.. you are giving an outline for going through a transition to people who may not know where to begin doing so.. and you are helping educate and inform others so that we can better understand this experience.
May the next chapter of your life be full of happiness, inspiration and peace.
