Hey ya'll! I'm Quinn. I have not always been known as Quinn. In fact, I spent over 27 years being known as a completely different person. Not only was I known as that person, I lived and breathed that person. I made myself be that person. Kind of exhausting.
I am a queer, non-binary human who also identifies transgender, pansexual, demisexual, and monogamous. In case you were curious.
If you found this page looking for information on the transition of a non-binary person, You are in luck! I will preface everything with the fact that each transition is individual. Some people go on hormones, some don't. Some people change their names, some don't. There are a gambit of things you can do in your transition and for me, this is my experience. There aren't a ton of truly non-binary people who document transition from what I have found and thus, here I am.
Background info is being held here, cause I said so and because I felt like I couldn't just jump into my medical transition that has sparked this blog. I came out as bisexual when I was around 15. When I was 25 I realized I was pansexual. I found out I was non-binary when I was 26 but was not safe to come out for over another year, with the exception of one of my friends.
On March 5th, 2019 I came out as non-binary/trans as Quinn (they/them) to my workplace and my immediate family. There are some fun stories about this that I typed up but then blogger didn't save so I am not re-typing that. I didn't intend to have any other transition except to just like get a haircut and enjoy my life. I even told my mom I wouldn't be getting my name legally changed. That changed really quickly.
March 21st, 2019, I legally changed my name. Then a few months later, I went to letting people know that it is fine to use he/him pronouns if that is easier. I found that a lot of people seem to have a very hard time using they/them pronouns and this didn't trigger any dysphoria. I also knew that I would want top surgery at some point in the future.
Recently I went through a lot of changes at once including a new relationship, leaving my job, moving, etc. and I started pondering hormone therapy. There are a ton of weird and seemingly random things that come with being on testosterone and I personally was unsure if I wanted this. The problem being that, while I have been lucky to not have to worry about my ID gender not matching what the general public sees, I was dealing with being misgendered ALL THE TIME.
I thought more about testosterone, did a lot of research, and found a lot of information in my friends' experiences. I had some concerns (hair loss, weight gain, bottom growth, you know, the normal concerns) but I decided the pros outweighed the cons. I plan on documenting my transition for those of you that are looking for more info and just for my own ability to look back and where my brain was so, see ya'll soon?
I am a queer, non-binary human who also identifies transgender, pansexual, demisexual, and monogamous. In case you were curious.
If you found this page looking for information on the transition of a non-binary person, You are in luck! I will preface everything with the fact that each transition is individual. Some people go on hormones, some don't. Some people change their names, some don't. There are a gambit of things you can do in your transition and for me, this is my experience. There aren't a ton of truly non-binary people who document transition from what I have found and thus, here I am.
Background info is being held here, cause I said so and because I felt like I couldn't just jump into my medical transition that has sparked this blog. I came out as bisexual when I was around 15. When I was 25 I realized I was pansexual. I found out I was non-binary when I was 26 but was not safe to come out for over another year, with the exception of one of my friends.
On March 5th, 2019 I came out as non-binary/trans as Quinn (they/them) to my workplace and my immediate family. There are some fun stories about this that I typed up but then blogger didn't save so I am not re-typing that. I didn't intend to have any other transition except to just like get a haircut and enjoy my life. I even told my mom I wouldn't be getting my name legally changed. That changed really quickly.
March 21st, 2019, I legally changed my name. Then a few months later, I went to letting people know that it is fine to use he/him pronouns if that is easier. I found that a lot of people seem to have a very hard time using they/them pronouns and this didn't trigger any dysphoria. I also knew that I would want top surgery at some point in the future.
Recently I went through a lot of changes at once including a new relationship, leaving my job, moving, etc. and I started pondering hormone therapy. There are a ton of weird and seemingly random things that come with being on testosterone and I personally was unsure if I wanted this. The problem being that, while I have been lucky to not have to worry about my ID gender not matching what the general public sees, I was dealing with being misgendered ALL THE TIME.
I thought more about testosterone, did a lot of research, and found a lot of information in my friends' experiences. I had some concerns (hair loss, weight gain, bottom growth, you know, the normal concerns) but I decided the pros outweighed the cons. I plan on documenting my transition for those of you that are looking for more info and just for my own ability to look back and where my brain was so, see ya'll soon?
These photos are from March 2019 when I came out and right after I got my hair cut.
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