WARNING: Like the above section, if you think your friends are going to harm you in any way for being transgender, hold off on this part. Use logic.

 

The majority of my friends were very cool about it ... which surprised me a lot. I expected and prepared for the worst even if the worst never came .. luckily. Keep in mind that I live in Los Angeles, California and everyone's relatively liberal and lax here. I'm not from some obscure rural town in America, the majority of my friends are liberal democrats and people of that political affiliation tend to be more accepting than ... say, social conservatives. Even so, my con friends are really relaxed about it. I'm just very fortunate to have such great friends. Without them, I don't know where I'd be, especially since there was/is such friction between me and my family.

 

It was fairly simple, through IMs, phone calls, or face to face conversations, I came out to them one by one. I made sure to do the talks individually and not in groups so that they wouldn't be shy to ask questions or to express their true feelings without peer pressure. The name and pronoun thing isn't too difficult, they occasionally slip up but that's expected at first. I'm good in this department.

The friends I made after transitioning do not know of my situation, or very few know. I don't feel the need to explain being transgender to every single person because it's nobody's business. Unless I'm dating the person, it's not necessary to disclose. Would some of them not want to be friends with me if they knew? Probably. I just dodge the hassle and keep this to myself. I won't tell them, but I won't deny it either because I'm not ashamed of myself. I am what I am, and everyone can take it or leave it. I'm just lucky the majority of them have decided to take it.

I love my friends. Thank you, guys.