Originally Posted by
DanielMacBride
I haven't been around much so I'm a little late to this thread, but I didn't choose my name - it chose me. When I first came out and cut off all my hair and looked in the mirror, my reaction was basically "oh, hello Daniel - so that's who you are and where you have been hiding!" and I just knew that was my name. It wasn't till afterwards that I remembered the connection with the story of Daniel in the lion's den (which is kind of a very apt metaphor for my life), and also the character of Daniel in Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" - Daniel is the manifestation of the Dream (which is also very appropriate for my situation as a transguy). And Daniel Jackson is one of my favourite SG-1 characters, quite a lot like me personality-wise (although my son would argue that and say I am more like Jack O'Neill :D) Oh yeah, and of course there's Daniel Johns from Silverchair (I have liked Silverchair's music since they were little 14 year olds LOL, now I feel old!)