Dating advice?

Ok, let me start by prefacing a few things. I am a transwoman who is at the very early stages of transitioning: as in hasn't gone outside as a woman yet, or seen a therapist yet (although I plan to try both within a few weeks). I also live in a small(ish?) town that holds fairly...let's just say "conservative" views. I was just wondering about the whole dating thing. I've only dated two people, and they weren't really dates in any real sense because I wasn't really interested in them (it was a self denial thing). Now, I don't intend on dating or anything for at least a few months, but with my limited enough experience as it is, coupled with my environment, I don't really know how to go about it. If anyone could give me some advice on how to go about this I'd be ever so grateful.

 

I will. I'm naturally a very cautious person, and I have a number of ways to decrease the likelyhood of attacks. As far as my town and neighborhood, I live more on the outskirts of town, to the point where I'm not exactly part of it. Thankfully, this means I have very few neighbors and am less likely to be harrassed than if I did live in town. The town itself is harder to peg. I know for a fact that their are a large number of individuals who are likely to give me a hard time as this place is fairly religious which often translates to being bigoted toward LGBT people. Which is why I stay away from the local churches (even though a few might be LGBT friendly). Truth is, I'm unsure of just how bad it is because of massive advoidance behavior on my part. I know that giving my actual adress is forbidden here, and even if it wasn't I still wouldn't. However, I am unsure if it would be okay for me to reveal the name of the town. Is this allowed? I mean, it fairly small, I want to say between 5 and 10 thousand people, but I don't think the name could give me away too easily as I'm not public yet.

 

I may move away in the future, but as of right now I have no real plans for or against it. As for living here during, I would prefer to stay here. I know people here and am overall comfortable with this place, but I'm mostly concerned with people's reactions. It would be great if I could stay here and transition fully with no problems, but at the same time I know that's a bit unlikely to happen. I expect there to be issues with dating because people do know me here even if I am seen as a bit of a recluse. Thankfully a large number of people who I know are away at college and are unlikely to come back, but people some still remain. Thinking this over by posting this, I probably will have to move even though I don't really want to.