Nicole Erin
05-02-2010, 11:17 AM
I say "TG" cause I am somewhere between CD and TS. Yeah anyways...
Like many, I sometimes get stupid looks or rude-ass comments. Usually from idiots.
Well, I am out to family, and they don't have any problems. My own mother sometimes helps me with things related to TG. If we go somewhere, I can be dressed up and she has zero problems.
At school, I have made good friends with this lady who is actually my age. Cool thing is, she helps me with stuff, has decided on a new hairstyle for me. Being how we are cosmetology students, it is perfect. Yesterday she gave me a bottle of Mac liquid foundation cause she bought one for herself that was too dark, but it works on me perfect. (Yes ladies, Mac IS as good as everyone says, God help me but I like it better than even Mary Kay)
yesterday also we were talking about how to set up a salon, latest class project, and she said a diverse staff would bring diverse clients. She said, "We could have like a punk rock stylist, tu wong fu, this that..." I snapped my fingers and said in a gay male voice, "that's right bitches, got your trahnny right here" :heehee: She has made going to school much more pleasant, it is going to be a sad day when she moves away. :(
There is an added benefit of being out that you can dress how you feel and not have to hide anything. Sometimes I still feel some apprehension and think "Well, some people might make stupid comments but life goes on".
I do understand some of us might not be in a position where we can just come out to the world. Right now I am divorced, living with a relative, and don't have this great job to lose. All I have to do is watch my back lest some hardcore hater "reads" me. Always the haters...
I say though if you don't have anything really to lose, why not get out there?
Tends to vanquish the "ponk fog" a bit but it is still a lot of fun
Erin
Like many, I sometimes get stupid looks or rude-ass comments. Usually from idiots.
Well, I am out to family, and they don't have any problems. My own mother sometimes helps me with things related to TG. If we go somewhere, I can be dressed up and she has zero problems.
At school, I have made good friends with this lady who is actually my age. Cool thing is, she helps me with stuff, has decided on a new hairstyle for me. Being how we are cosmetology students, it is perfect. Yesterday she gave me a bottle of Mac liquid foundation cause she bought one for herself that was too dark, but it works on me perfect. (Yes ladies, Mac IS as good as everyone says, God help me but I like it better than even Mary Kay)
yesterday also we were talking about how to set up a salon, latest class project, and she said a diverse staff would bring diverse clients. She said, "We could have like a punk rock stylist, tu wong fu, this that..." I snapped my fingers and said in a gay male voice, "that's right bitches, got your trahnny right here" :heehee: She has made going to school much more pleasant, it is going to be a sad day when she moves away. :(
There is an added benefit of being out that you can dress how you feel and not have to hide anything. Sometimes I still feel some apprehension and think "Well, some people might make stupid comments but life goes on".
I do understand some of us might not be in a position where we can just come out to the world. Right now I am divorced, living with a relative, and don't have this great job to lose. All I have to do is watch my back lest some hardcore hater "reads" me. Always the haters...
I say though if you don't have anything really to lose, why not get out there?
Tends to vanquish the "ponk fog" a bit but it is still a lot of fun
Erin