After much personal debate, I've decided to finally come out publicly here as transgender. Those of you who know me on Facebook, please don't mention it publicly there, because J-boy's family doesn't know and I'd like them not to learn of it from Facebook.

Those people in my real life that I've told have mostly been extremely supportive (Mum just saying "It's about time, I've known since you were a toddler" was a huge relief). My co-workers at the market have all been fantastic, too. I realize not everyone on Mudcat will be supportive, based on the most recent thread about gender-neutral language, but whatever. It's a huge relief to finally be me publicly.