Coming Out Support » Dani http://comingoutsupport.com sharing experiences and lending an ear Thu, 20 May 2010 12:13:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Who am I? What am I? http://comingoutsupport.com/2009/11/09/who-am-i-what-am-i/ http://comingoutsupport.com/2009/11/09/who-am-i-what-am-i/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:58:23 +0000 Dani http://comingoutsupport.com/?p=287 263350_3434I identified as bisexual in eighth grade when I was crushing on a girl a year younger than me. I identified myself as some type of transgender my sophomore year in high school.
I’m bio-female, but always felt a little different or apart from the females in my class. “Why am I not pretty like them?” I didn’t feel I wanted to be pretty, but I knew something was off. I ran with my shirt off until fourth grade, when I found out that wasn’t socially acceptable.
It wasn’t until I truly realized I COULD wear men’s clothing, that I really dug myself into sweaters, button down shirts, ties, etc. Sometimes I think that society’s rules really dominated my thoughts on how to act when I was younger, and the fact that I don’t feel female to male ALL the way. I lean to female to male, but I truly would like to appear male, but in my head, I feel genderless. So I’m a little stuck on my name right now because I do enjoy my nickname Dani – Danny is ok, but it’s foreign to me..) Anyway!
I’ve told my parents, and they’re a little skeptical, but I know they love me. They have accepted me for who I am, and for that I am eternally grateful and thankful, for I know that others are not so fortunate. This has turned into a rather long statement, but it feels good to write it down, hear it in my head, and see it with my eyes. Thank you to whoever read this, and good luck to you in the future!

Love,
Dani

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