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I came out to the PTA at my son's school last night because it was the last meeting before Full Time, and just showing up at the next one might have discombobulated people. My peeps on the conference week committee would have necessarily found out sooner anyway, and I'd told one of them.
It went something like this: I gave my conference week committe report, then said, "Those of you who've exchanged email with me may have noticed that the name attached to the mail is Maura, and you may have wondered, 'Who is this Maura person?' She's me."
A woman laughed.
"Seriously, I'm changing sex." Blah blah blah.
And then we went back to our PTA business for the rest of the hour. I'm proud to say that at m'boy's school, the PTA consists of grown-ups; not all of them do. I really should have brought something to drink, though.
After the meeting the woman who laughed apologized (after talking some conference week business) and told me that her daughter was into androgyny in a big way, so they'd talked about gender stuff. Another PTA mom told me she'd been dating trans woman (!) who's in a band of trans women. Of course I didn't get either of their names because I was too frazzled, but I remember their faces and I'll see them at the next PTA meeting.
I'm sure I've blown a lot of minds with my comings out, but mine has gotten blown plenty of times, too.
Oh yeah: I wrote up a form letter and sent it to high school chums, aunts, uncles, and a cousin or two. I think I'm well and truly out of people whom I know personally to come out to.
Nibs, of all people, was nagging me to do this because she's afraid they'll call her at the Abbey. She didn't want to do any explaining. Okey doke.
My group's holiday party is Dec. 3rd. Megan Wallent just talked me out of showing up en femme. Surprising people I work with would be a bad idea, sad to say.
31 days.
It went something like this: I gave my conference week committe report, then said, "Those of you who've exchanged email with me may have noticed that the name attached to the mail is Maura, and you may have wondered, 'Who is this Maura person?' She's me."
A woman laughed.
"Seriously, I'm changing sex." Blah blah blah.
And then we went back to our PTA business for the rest of the hour. I'm proud to say that at m'boy's school, the PTA consists of grown-ups; not all of them do. I really should have brought something to drink, though.
After the meeting the woman who laughed apologized (after talking some conference week business) and told me that her daughter was into androgyny in a big way, so they'd talked about gender stuff. Another PTA mom told me she'd been dating trans woman (!) who's in a band of trans women. Of course I didn't get either of their names because I was too frazzled, but I remember their faces and I'll see them at the next PTA meeting.
I'm sure I've blown a lot of minds with my comings out, but mine has gotten blown plenty of times, too.
Oh yeah: I wrote up a form letter and sent it to high school chums, aunts, uncles, and a cousin or two. I think I'm well and truly out of people whom I know personally to come out to.
Nibs, of all people, was nagging me to do this because she's afraid they'll call her at the Abbey. She didn't want to do any explaining. Okey doke.
My group's holiday party is Dec. 3rd. Megan Wallent just talked me out of showing up en femme. Surprising people I work with would be a bad idea, sad to say.
31 days.
