Maiden’s Journey

In spite of knowing that I am transgender for many years and having occasionally visited a couple of queer bars in London, I have never actually had a conversation with another trans woman.  I’ve connected with quite a few people online and there is community there, but in real life, never.  It isn’t that I have never encountered a trans person. There are certainly trans women around, but it isn’t as if I could go up to a stranger and ask them stuff, not to mention the implied rudeness of having “clocked” them as trans in the first place and then felt that gave me a right to speak to them   I had hoped that by going to a queer bar known to be trans friendly, I might meet someone, but that hasn’t happened, although I have only been three times   When looking for possible support groups in my area though, I have discovered that there actually is a trans and non-binary meet-up in the city where I work!  This is my opportunity to meet people in a similar situation. ...