Last night, after my best friend accompanied my family on a day trip to the state capital, I finally gathered the courage to tell her I may be trans. After she had left (to spend the night at another friend's house) I puzzled for two and a half hours over how to subtly hint at it. I finally came up with the not-so-subtle 'how would you feel if one of your friends was trans?' She responded some 20 minutes later with a list of her transgender friends (several of whom are my friends as well) and the assertion that she wouldn't really care. I replied with 'you have no idea how hard my heart is beating right now,' because I assumed she understood what I was trying to say. Apparently she didn't, because she advised me to take a nap. After I responded 'of course that's your advice,' she clicked with it. She sent me a text that said something along the lines of 'wait, are you trying to tell me you're a guy?" I was laughing as I explained my situation to her and asked her not to tell our church group. She said she wouldn't tell anyone, and then offered to inquire with her friend A to see if he had any old binders he didn't need anymore. Not a whole big spectacle, but I felt the need to share. I love my friend so much, and I hope that everyone who reads this looking for advice has as easy of a time coming out to their friends as I did with her.
