I hope to be presenting Male for college in September

My only advice is to be confident in who you are.

If you see someone scrutinizing you, don't look away. Stare them in the eyes and dare them to try to question your identity. Most likely, it'll unnerve them or clear most or all their suspicions. People usually don't tangle with confident people, after all.

In any case, good luck!

 

I'm thinking it might be helpful for you to let all your friends know what your plan is and let them show others by example how to handle this situation (i.e. new name, new pronouns, etc whatever is necessary)

It will be helpful to have other people ready to help explain because it would be exhausting doing it all yourself.

Next, is it possible to talk to someone at the school (teachers, counselors, etc) to let them know to call you something else before school even starts? I imagine that if your teachers are aware of what's going on, and refer to you appropriately, that it will mitigate some of the issues you could have with your classmates.

Best of luck to you!

 

im either not knowledgeable enough or rather im confused. OP you were born a woman outside, but feel manly inside, so you are hoping to be able to successfully represent yourself as a male in school. im assuming you are pre-opt, and are into woman? just curious.

 

I want to start presenting quite androgynous for september too lol.

 

Okay, gotcha. interesting. do you plan on staying pre-opt? if not is that what you mean by 'doing this' in september? and if you are getting the operation is your boyfriend cool with that?

 

The biggest thing I can think of, although it might not be possible if its more of a high school setting, is to see if you can call or speak with the teachers before class starts if you're hoping to use and be known by a different name than the name you were given at birth (or that will be on the roster). It could spare you a series of awkward moments when they take attendance out loud at first.