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I've been publicly out as a trans woman since December 2024. For TDoV 2025, I still didn't feel like I'd accepted enough of myself to be visible. I'd come out, I'd changed my preferred name, I'd even started changing my regular wardrobe, but there was still a lot of myself I was suppressing.

Since the last TDoV I've more fully accepted myself in order to live my life more authentically. I've legally changed my name to my preferred name, and I've pursued more gender affirming care than HRT alone (on the list for bottom surgery).

But I think the most significant changes have been how it's affected my friendships and how I've finally been able to open myself to romantic relationships. I've become a much different person than I was before I came out and even from who I was this time last year.