Gender Questioning + Roommates @ UM?

calculatorman95
Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:05:39 +0000

@Alexandre and @Decorative22 - Thank you. The reason why I would want my roommate to know is that I prefer being addressed by male pronouns. Currently, some of my friends address me as “he” in secret and others who don’t know (or are uncomfortable with it) address me as “she”… but in college I was hoping to be addressed as “he” openly.

I do plan to tell my parents eventually, but - especially since it’s something I’ve only realized very recently - I want to give it some time and mull things over. I’m still young, and my identity is still forming; I’m pretty certain that I’m transmasculine, but…

@geo1113 LGBT Friday sounds really interesting! Thanks for letting me know about it.

@NACREOUS Isn’t it too late to apply? I thought the deadline was January 23rd… And thank you for the suggestion; I’ll definitely call them and see what they say.

It all boils down to one thing: I don’t exactly want to make this a big issue or anything; I won’t constantly talk about my gender or whatever. I just want to be addressed by the right pronouns and seen as male.