Lady Redpool the Unlifer
Pyro, Spirits Connoisseur, and Soulless Anarchist
Hi.
If you're looking at this then either you know RedNeK, or you are nosy. Either way, I've got something to tell you.
This forum means alot to me. The community here has been a relatively safe place for me over several years of hardship and adversity. A support group that I didn't have to go find, and that I didn't know I needed. Through this forum I met my girlfriend, a couple of very good real-life friends, and established some of my most valued relationships. So, with a few necessary exceptions, I'm coming to you guys first with this.
My life is about to undergo some big changes in the coming months and years, and I don't want to hide it here.
I am a transgendered woman.
I was born a man, but I have never felt like one. All throughout my childhood I thought I should have been born a woman, and never have I felt right in my own skin. Only recently was I able to have the conversation and consider that I am actually a woman trapped in a man's body. This is largely due to being in a much more stable living situation, and being with someone who is understanding enough to accept me as I am. A situation that I wouldn't be in if it weren't for the community here.
I have started the transition. I am wearing women's clothing, working on my voice, doing everything that I can to pass as a woman and looking into medically pursuing becoming a woman. I have asked that those that know me at home refer to me as "her" and "she" and I would like to ask the same of all of you.
Just because my gender is different, doesn't mean I am. I'm still the same person, just with a different pronoun. I'm still the person you've all come to know.
This community is something of a family to me, and though all of this scares the hell out of me, I needed to tell you all.
If you're looking at this then either you know RedNeK, or you are nosy. Either way, I've got something to tell you.
This forum means alot to me. The community here has been a relatively safe place for me over several years of hardship and adversity. A support group that I didn't have to go find, and that I didn't know I needed. Through this forum I met my girlfriend, a couple of very good real-life friends, and established some of my most valued relationships. So, with a few necessary exceptions, I'm coming to you guys first with this.
My life is about to undergo some big changes in the coming months and years, and I don't want to hide it here.
I am a transgendered woman.
I was born a man, but I have never felt like one. All throughout my childhood I thought I should have been born a woman, and never have I felt right in my own skin. Only recently was I able to have the conversation and consider that I am actually a woman trapped in a man's body. This is largely due to being in a much more stable living situation, and being with someone who is understanding enough to accept me as I am. A situation that I wouldn't be in if it weren't for the community here.
I have started the transition. I am wearing women's clothing, working on my voice, doing everything that I can to pass as a woman and looking into medically pursuing becoming a woman. I have asked that those that know me at home refer to me as "her" and "she" and I would like to ask the same of all of you.
Just because my gender is different, doesn't mean I am. I'm still the same person, just with a different pronoun. I'm still the person you've all come to know.
This community is something of a family to me, and though all of this scares the hell out of me, I needed to tell you all.