New year new me - Empty Closets - A safe online community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered people coming out

dylangray · 2nd Jan 2012, 09:49 PM

Hey there all! I'm Dylan, and I'm twenty two years old. For the longest time I identified as a lesbian, but within the past few years I've begun to question my gender identity. I have finally discovered that I am actually, in fact, a straight male. I am in the very beginning stages of the FTM process- I am buying my first binder tomorrow. I'm also going to start working out and go on a period-eliminating birth control. I'm looking into things like changing my name, etc. I have depression and anxiety and am currently taking Effexor 150 mg. I wonder if the depression is linked to the dysphoria, it probably is. I've come out to a lot of friends- my girlfriend is very, very supportive. I feel incredibly lucky. This year I've decided I'm going to be the real me in every possible way

So yeah, that's a little about me and if you've got questions please ask?

Raug · 2nd Jan 2012, 09:56 PM

Congratulations! I'm Raug. I'm fifteen and pansexual. I like to talk to people and I'm easy to talk to. Feel free to message me. Welcom to EC.

dylangray · 2nd Jan 2012, 09:59 PM

Raug I like your name! Is it pronounced like "rogue" or another way? Thanks for the congrats & the hello.

Doctor Faustus · 2nd Jan 2012, 10:10 PM

Hiya! How's it going?

Raug · 2nd Jan 2012, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dylangray

Raug I like your name! Is it pronounced like "rogue" or another way? Thanks for the congrats & the hello.

Sounds like Rahguh. Hmm. Like rag with a Jamaican accent?

fiddledeedee · 2nd Jan 2012, 11:28 PM

Welcome to EC, Dylan!

alex2020 · 2nd Jan 2012, 11:42 PM

Bienvenue!!

Nazo · 3rd Jan 2012, 05:36 AM

Heyo, welcome to EC!

silverhalo · 3rd Jan 2012, 08:10 AM

Hey welcome to EC.

hml8 · 3rd Jan 2012, 09:47 AM

hey welcome to EC!

thecat06 · 3rd Jan 2012, 02:23 PM

Hello and Welcome!! Good to see some more people from Ohio on here!!

Artemicion · 3rd Jan 2012, 03:26 PM

Hello and welcome to EC!

kiersten · 3rd Jan 2012, 06:08 PM

Hi Dylan! Welcome to EC! I really know how you feel a bit, Im starting on hormone replacement therapy this month & finally starting to begin my life as myself, but Ive just started to sort of question things myself too, it's been confusing & all new to me too. If you ever want to chat, lemme know!

dylangray · 3rd Jan 2012, 06:57 PM

Hey thanks for all the welcomes! @thecat06 you're from Ohio too? wicked

I'm from the southeastern part, right on the border of WV. and Kiersten I'd like that a lot

I don't really know anyone trans* so it would be cool to talk to someone <3

kiersten · 3rd Jan 2012, 07:08 PM

Absolutely Dylan! And there are some really awesomely nice trans people here too, so you & I are definitely in some very wonderful company here on EC! I think Dylan is such an awesome name, BTW!

dylangray · 3rd Jan 2012, 07:17 PM

Well that's kind of you to say. The name sort of "found me" I guess and it really stuck. Sometimes I wish we were given nonpermanent names when we were born and then got to pick them later on.

thecat06 · 3rd Jan 2012, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dylangray

Hey thanks for all the welcomes! @thecat06 you're from Ohio too? wicked

I'm from the southeastern part, right on the border of WV. and Kiersten I'd like that a lot

I don't really know anyone trans* so it would be cool to talk to someone <3

That's cool. My hometown is about 30min from Columbus and I go to college about an hour from Cleveland.

duriru · 3rd Jan 2012, 07:45 PM

Hey! Welcome to EC!

You'll love it here.

dylangray · 3rd Jan 2012, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by duriru

Hey! Welcome to EC!

You'll love it here.

I think I already do

Hexagon · 4th Jan 2012, 06:58 AM

Welcome to EC! I'm another FTM, and I'm a little further along transitioning that you, so if you want to talk, feel free to leave me a profile comment/PM.

2nd Jan 2012, 09:49 PM	#1
dylangray The Rainbow Ranger Regular Member Gender: Transgender - FtM Orientation: Straight Out Status: Some people Location: Ohio Age: 22 Posts: 14 Join Date: Jan 2012	New year new me Hey there all! I'm Dylan, and I'm twenty two years old. For the longest time I identified as a lesbian, but within the past few years I've begun to question my gender identity. I have finally discovered that I am actually, in fact, a straight male. I am in the very beginning stages of the FTM process- I am buying my first binder tomorrow. I'm also going to start working out and go on a period-eliminating birth control. I'm looking into things like changing my name, etc. I have depression and anxiety and am currently taking Effexor 150 mg. I wonder if the depression is linked to the dysphoria, it probably is. I've come out to a lot of friends- my girlfriend is very, very supportive. I feel incredibly lucky. This year I've decided I'm going to be the real me in every possible way So yeah, that's a little about me and if you've got questions please ask? Last edited by dylangray; 2nd Jan 2012 at 10:00 PM..

2nd Jan 2012, 09:56 PM	#2
Raug Silent in secret Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Pansexual Out Status: Retreating to my walk in... Location: Mid-Michigan USA Age: 15 Posts: 225 Join Date: Dec 2011	Re: New year new me Congratulations! I'm Raug. I'm fifteen and pansexual. I like to talk to people and I'm easy to talk to. Feel free to message me. Welcom to EC. __________________ I am the patriarch

2nd Jan 2012, 09:59 PM	#3
dylangray The Rainbow Ranger Regular Member Gender: Transgender - FtM Orientation: Straight Out Status: Some people Location: Ohio Age: 22 Posts: 14 Join Date: Jan 2012	Re: New year new me Raug I like your name! Is it pronounced like "rogue" or another way? Thanks for the congrats & the hello.

2nd Jan 2012, 10:10 PM	#4
Doctor Faustus EC's resident Philosopher at Large Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Not straight. But only interested in men. xD Out Status: People who ask me. People whom I trust. Location: Basingstoke Posts: 1,610 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: New year new me Hiya! How's it going? __________________ "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." - Mother Teresa.

2nd Jan 2012, 11:28 PM	#6
fiddledeedee 22/12-31/12+X! Full Member Gender: Complicated female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Most, sans Dad Location: England Age: 15 Posts: 1,128 Join Date: May 2011	Re: New year new me Welcome to EC, Dylan! __________________ A problem should be measured not by the cause of the problem but by the consequences it has on a person. ~ Anfauglith

2nd Jan 2012, 11:42 PM	#7
alex2020 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Everybody important, and anybody who asks. Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 1,437 Join Date: Aug 2011	Re: New year new me Bienvenue!! __________________ “Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”

3rd Jan 2012, 05:36 AM	#8
Nazo Janis Ian's Lesbian Crush Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Facebook, not hiding at college Location: Michigan Age: 19 Posts: 2,071 Join Date: Dec 2010	Re: New year new me Heyo, welcome to EC! __________________ are you feeling like a prisoner are you living life the way you want giving time to ones you love are you giving time to who you are

3rd Jan 2012, 08:10 AM	#9
silverhalo EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Quite a few Location: England, Age: 29 Posts: 3,166 Join Date: Dec 2008	Re: New year new me Hey welcome to EC.

3rd Jan 2012, 09:47 AM	#10
hml8 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Canterbury, Kent or Southend, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 424 Join Date: Dec 2011	Re: New year new me hey welcome to EC! __________________ 'I feel pretty, Oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and gay' . . . hums on

3rd Jan 2012, 02:23 PM	#11
thecat06 EC's Biggest LNJF and SNL fan!! Full Member Gender: Let's say Pangender! Orientation: Let's say gay!! Out Status: Out to parents, campus, and 75 friends on facebook Location: Central and Northern Ohio Age: 19 Posts: 2,504 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: New year new me Hello and Welcome!! Good to see some more people from Ohio on here!! __________________ So many years have passed, since I proclaimed my independence, my mission, my aim, and my vision, so secure, content to live each day like it's my last, it's wonderful to know, that I could be, something more than what I dreamed, far beyond what I could see -Dream Theater

3rd Jan 2012, 03:26 PM	#12
Artemicion :D :D :D Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Anyone who asks, but parents in denial. Location: Vancouver BC Canada Age: 23 Posts: 1,112 Join Date: Aug 2010	Re: New year new me Hello and welcome to EC!

3rd Jan 2012, 06:08 PM	#13
kiersten KierstenChromium, Mistress Of Metal Full Member Gender: Transgender - MtF Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Out to 127 people & my parents & 1 cousin so far Location: Sarnia, ON Posts: 1,331 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: New year new me Hi Dylan! Welcome to EC! I really know how you feel a bit, Im starting on hormone replacement therapy this month & finally starting to begin my life as myself, but Ive just started to sort of question things myself too, it's been confusing & all new to me too. If you ever want to chat, lemme know! __________________ Penny: What's Sheldon's deal? Leonard: What do you mean "deal"? Penny : You know, like, what's his deal? Is it girls? Guys? Sock puppets? Leonard: Honestly, we've been operating under the assumption that he has no deal.

3rd Jan 2012, 06:57 PM	#14
dylangray The Rainbow Ranger Regular Member Gender: Transgender - FtM Orientation: Straight Out Status: Some people Location: Ohio Age: 22 Posts: 14 Join Date: Jan 2012	Re: New year new me Hey thanks for all the welcomes! @thecat06 you're from Ohio too? wicked I'm from the southeastern part, right on the border of WV. and Kiersten I'd like that a lot I don't really know anyone trans* so it would be cool to talk to someone <3

3rd Jan 2012, 07:08 PM	#15
kiersten KierstenChromium, Mistress Of Metal Full Member Gender: Transgender - MtF Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Out to 127 people & my parents & 1 cousin so far Location: Sarnia, ON Posts: 1,331 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: New year new me Absolutely Dylan! And there are some really awesomely nice trans people here too, so you & I are definitely in some very wonderful company here on EC! I think Dylan is such an awesome name, BTW! __________________ Penny: What's Sheldon's deal? Leonard: What do you mean "deal"? Penny : You know, like, what's his deal? Is it girls? Guys? Sock puppets? Leonard: Honestly, we've been operating under the assumption that he has no deal.

3rd Jan 2012, 07:17 PM	#16
dylangray The Rainbow Ranger Regular Member Gender: Transgender - FtM Orientation: Straight Out Status: Some people Location: Ohio Age: 22 Posts: 14 Join Date: Jan 2012	Re: New year new me Well that's kind of you to say. The name sort of "found me" I guess and it really stuck. Sometimes I wish we were given nonpermanent names when we were born and then got to pick them later on.

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3rd Jan 2012, 07:45 PM	#18
duriru Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Not out at all Location: Honduras Age: 18 Posts: 986 Join Date: Dec 2011	Re: New year new me Hey! Welcome to EC! You'll love it here.

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Hexagon Bright Spark Full Member Gender: ?TM transguy Orientation: Panromantic Asexual Out Status: Pending review Location: Somerset, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,051 Join Date: May 2011	Re: New year new me Welcome to EC! I'm another FTM, and I'm a little further along transitioning that you, so if you want to talk, feel free to leave me a profile comment/PM. __________________ When god has low self-esteem, does that make him an atheist?