This is my favorite board in the whole Citadel, yet its kinda slowly, so i figure out i should contribute with a thread and stories from me or other anons, these are a few ones from my old (dead) home, 420chan:
>be mtf
>too chicken to come out pre-hormones
>too chicken to go to a therapist and tell them about it for hormones
>say "fuck it" and order hormones online, start taking them
7 months later
>still too chicken to come out
>still boymode because too afraid to go around in public in girlmode
>go to a party of about 25 people, most of them friends ive had for years
>have seen none of them since I started hormones
>walk in the door
>"WOAHHHH dude you look way different!" Instantly, from everyone
>comments on my hair being long, etc.
>nobody connected the dots (I think…)
>later start conversation with this random dude i had never met before that party
>he comments on how he thought I was a girl the whole party until that point when I started talking to him, appologizes profusely
>I start smiling uncontrolably
>feel amazingly happy
>realize i need to start coming out to people i know
>come out to friends a few days later
>100% positive reception, much "lol that explains a lot" from people who saw me at that party
>come out to my faghag sister
>she is surprised but also very supportive, as expected
One month later
>see my mother for the first time since pre hormones
>we talk for a while
>she keeps commenting on how different i look
>work up the courage, and tell her im trans
>she starts crying
>wonders why im wanting this
>for months, keeps trying to talk me out of it, keeps crying over it
>"why cant you just be gay?"
>she goes into a phase of not talking about it for a few more months
>eventually starts being very supportive of it and nice
>around this time i go full time girlmode
>had not seen my father for 3 years prior to starting hormones
>have not seen him for 10 years now
>5 years ago he started trying to get back in contact with me
>i still avoid all attempts
>in town relatives have not seen me since pre-hormones
>have been avoiding them to spare them the feels