So for the past couple of weeks, I've been thinking more and more about "looking" like my gender and being treated like my gender. I can't really put that into different words. But anyways, so I decided that I would tell someone that I'm androgyne. I did so over text. When I told them, they were slightly surprised about it. I explained to them what it was, and what it means to look androgynous. I also explained my pronouns. I know it will be hard for people to remember to use the pronouns I feel suit me best (Niko/Niko's) since most people call other people she, he, or they on occasion. I have not heard someone call another person like this, though this is how I prefer it. But they seemed accepting of it. I explained that I am not ready for people to call me this in public yet, as this is the first person I've come out to, and am not ready to come out to everyone yet. I am a little relief about this though. They told me they support my decision on this and they'll do their best to remember pronouns and my (new) name, Niko. This person before asked me what gender I was a few months ago, but I wasn't ready to come out yet, so I just responded with "let's just say I'm female". They did so in a group, so I wasn't comfortable with it. Maybe if they asked me by myself, things may have went differently, I'm not sure. Also, I would like to ask (rightly or wrongly so) if I could ship a binder to their house and pick it up. I really don't want my family to know. But I could wait until September before ordering one. I would like to work on my appearance and name as soon as possible though. Anyways, I'm generally excited about this, and feel quite happy. Hopefully things will continue to go from here on.
Thank you everyone . Now that I've come out, I keep thinking on how to transition and people calling me by my name. I don't know if I could tell anyone else though.
