How To Come Out To Your Family And Friends As Transgender

How do I come out to my family and friends as transgender?

Figuring out how to come out to your friends and family as transgender is a big decision, and it's one that should be carefully considered. We are still at a point is society where we face a lot of misunderstanding and a lot of rejecting, and the Trans Community even faces a statistically astronomical level of violence. So, making this decision can determine hold your family deals with it, how your friends deal with it, and also how your job deals with it, because a lot of people can lose their job when they transition. The most important things, I think, are to plan, plan, plan, do your research and know what you're in for, what steps you're going to need to take. Find a support network, find a mentor, find somebody who has already been through it, or, failing that, find somebody that is just really going to be there for you. And, lastly, consider your audience, know how your family is, how your friends are, how your job is, and try to break it to them in a way that emphasizes that you're still the person that they love, and that everything that they've loved about you is the same except now its going to more free and more fun and more actualized.