One year, pt2

Yesterday was the anniversary of the day I started taking hormones (I call it my tranniversary)

I spent the day in the city with 10 friends, doing a photo scavenger hunt I organised. Everyone seemed to love it! The only thing I wasn't happy with was that 3 really good friends canceled last minute. They're notorious for canceling on me. It looked like they'd actually be coming to it, then last minute they say they can't make it. Disappointing. But besides that, the day went really well.

Then last night was a fundraiser a trans youth group I've been a part of for a while. It was awesome. Everyone looked amazing, and even I dressed it up a bit.

Everyone I knew wished me a happy tranniversary, which was so nice. But then friends gave me gifts! Is this normal? I got some new nail polish from two friends, and I can't wait to try it cos apparently it does something special. And then some other friends came over with two wrapped gifts... how mysterious. One was a mirror, with a really long and really sweet note on the back. I have no idea how she writes so beautifully, it made me cry a bit. The other was a new hairbrush with my name on the back. I spent most of the night with the person who gave me the mirror, who had her arm around me.

After heaps of drag shows there were speeches from the 3 organisers who make the group possible. Hearing what they had to say, and then what the host of the night had to say about the group (she is also trans) made me realise how fucking amazing this is. Not that I didn't get it before, but it's pretty special. 3 years ago when I was looking for a trans group to talk to and meet people, there was pretty much nothing at all. I emailed probably a dozen places, and most just sent back a copy/paste message that directed me to somewhere else. It was not good. And then, when I finally manage to get to a group, it's totally alienating. Everyone was way older than me and it wasn't a very welcoming environment for someone just starting out.

But now, there's us! And I'm quite proud to be here.

When I got home, I just wondered how the hell I'd made all these amazing friends.