Every step of the way takes bracing yourself and taking a leap. Each step is hard, and some are easier than others and every path is different. Thing is, every step you put behind you you gain a little more confidence, and everything gets a little easier by degrees.

There's no perfect time to come out, or method to do it. However I quit my last job because I didn't feel safe being openly trans there, so I started a new job in a new town in a kind of grey area and I was petrified of coming out to a bunch of other former military.

I did it in baby steps and over the course of a couple months came out to people I felt safe coming out to. For the rest of them I sat down and started writing a letter that went over everything I'd gone through and why I'd hidden myself with a mask all these years. Nothing is perfect, and not everyone is going to accept you but nothing ventured nothing gained eh?

Also, if you need to vent we've got you sis. I wish you the best of luck in your journey, and remember that the only time that someone can honestly be brave is when they're scared. You've got this.