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Hi. I'm Caitlyn. I was born male, but after 40 some years of fighting against the female that I've always known I am, I've decided to begin my transition. This blog is a journal of my transgender journey. I hope that it will help people understand what being transgendered is all about, and the struggles that people like me go through on a daily basis. As I continue through this transition, I know that my therapist and I are going to uncover a lot about what makes me tick. It should be a great learning experience; sometimes dark and scary, sometimes joyful, but always honest.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Viral power!!

Well, it’s been a while since I posted any new info, so here goes…

 

In the last few weeks, I’ve shared my “news” with a few other people that I work with, including my new bestest friend in Human Resources. We are hurriedly trying to put a plan together, which is quite interesting since neither one of us have ever done anything like this. I work for a relatively conservative company, and it’s going to be very interesting to see how this is handled in the various levels of management. Anyway, it’s been 4 months since I started this crazy ride and let’s just say that things are starting to become more apparent, and this has caused people to start asking some very interesting questions. Oddly enough, though, no one is asking ME these questions!

 

It seems that people are curious about whether I have “jumped the fence” so to speak. This is just shocking!! I think to myself, “My God!! People think I turned gay?? That’s horrible! I can’t wait till they find out that I’m only becoming a girl!!” J  Funny how times change things. Six months ago, if I’d been asked if I had “jumped the fence” I probably would have been pretty indignant about it.  Now, I just find it humorous. And I’m not even upset by the fact that rumors are spreading. I mean, I was at first, but I realize now that they’re going to know the truth very soon anyway! I may as well enjoy it.

 

Maybe I should try starting my own rumor...

 

Thursday, April 22, 2010

A new direction

Well, I’ve decided that it’s time to take this blog in a new direction. Instead of trying to come up with a bunch of inspirational, introspective crap, I’m going to start using it for what it was originally intended; a way for me to tell you about all of the messed up and not so messed up things that happen to me on my way to female! Get ready…its gonna get a little bumpy I think!