I don't think I have anything like that ANYMORE, but I did and eventually came clean with it. I came out as gay when I was 16 and that was hard o_o Then when I was 21~ish I decided that I liked who I was and wanted to pursue that, and stop trying to mask my appearance (and at the same time, dropped the "gay" label). I used to wear jackets and baggy jeans (such was the style), have short hair, and just stay covered up in obviously "men's" clothing. I'm currently in the process of trying more things out (I JUST BOUGHT A MAN-BAG TO CARRY ALL OF MY THINGS!), especially clothing at work, because I feel like I have a safe environment to express myself more clearly and openly. Everyone I work with is accustomed to who I am and how and why I do things, and why I look the way I do, and are very accepting of all the diversity we have in the office (<3 diversity.) It's crazy, I've changed so much (I've just recently turned 24), but the outward changes are more a reaction to the comfort I feel in my life than real changes. I have had some changes (things I wouldn't do, that I would do now) as I personally re-work my perspective on ideas of what should and should not be, and it has really been great.
My parents have been really accepting. I've hit them with so many ideas, then more ideas, then novel ideas, they're just kind of rolling with the punches and are more worried about my safety than anything else. I guess it is very easy (figuratively lol, nothing is easy!) for them to accept the changes they see on the outside, and my plans, because they've seen me grow up and noticed the unusual changes in my body. It's more that I'm finally growing into the person my body really defines, than pulling **** out of thin-air and saying "hey, that's me!" Life is boring as usual, but more interesting now as I get closer and closer to medical benefits so I can see the doctor! *excited*
