The Impact of my Legal Name Change

The Impact of my Legal Name Change

In this episode Eden talks about her own experience regarding her legal name change and the realization of its effect on her. She also discusses her experience with the Texas Department of Public Safety and her driver license name change.

Coming Out: An Interview with my sister.

In an earlier episode, Eden talked about the reactions of family and friends, and how they are not always positive. Or they may not be positive at first and then change later. This episode is the entire discussion between Eden and her sister as there are some key things which Eden was surprised about.

Coming Out: Part 3. The Office

In the third part of the series on coming out, Eden talks about coming out at work and her experiences with this challenging aspect of our lives.

Coming Out: Part 2. Reactions

In the second part of the series on coming out, Eden talks about the reactions from her family on her coming out. As part of preparing for this episode, Eden interviewed her sister, father and son, to hear about their reactions. Some of those comments are included here, but the expereince certainly opened her eyes.

Coming Out: Part 1

Part of social transition is announcing our gender and/or sexual identity to others, commonly referred to as “coming out”. This episode, which is the first of several on this aspect of our transition, introduces what we can do to alleviate some of the stress and anxiety for ourselves and others.