I just came out to my friends.

[Colette]

Dear,

I am jealous and I am proud of you. Someone I don't even know! Well done.

I have been away for a long time and am just now coming back. I will share my updated story in another post soon, but I will say here that the work you have done gives me some courage. I am far behind you on that path (well maybe not as far as I might think sometimes) but doing it the way you did, on myspace, is pretty radical.

Honestly, I would really like to add you to my friends list on myspace but, though I am proud of you, I still would worry about my friends seeing your profile there, in my very short list of friends. I think it might tip them off and I am just not ready - not so proud of myself. Until I drum up the courage though, please know that I will be checking in on you from time to time. Unfortunately, in this case, I have my profile set to private so you won't be able to see me there.

I look forward to reading more from you.

Colette

[Gaven McLaren]

I have an update to this little bit of my Life.

My mother and older sister found my MySpace page and read my blog. Both gave me better responses then I was expecting. Me mother (whom I had kind of told before) said that she had always known that there was something different about me. She was also very accepting. My older sister is the one that really shocked me. I was worried that I would not get to see my nieces or my nephew again if she found out. She told me that knew and had not stopped me from seeing them. She was also understanding and accepting. My mother made the joke about calling me the name I would have gotten if I had been born a GG. That name is Septima. I am not sure if I will change my name on the forum as I have stated many times here that I am happy being male. Knowing that my older sister is accepting might make it easier to tell my 2 younger sisters.