I came out to my mother on July 6 2007 after 3 days of driving myself insane, going back and forth into her room just trying to build up the courage to tell her. Once I finally got it out and we talked, I felt like the weight of all the years of pain and suffering finally being lifted off of me. It was one of the best nights of my life to be understood and accepted for who I am/what I am. The times I was scared in my life, the times I was hiding it all.. To only know sooner that it would have been accepted so well, I would have said it sooner. My dad seems to accept it and says he does so that helps a lot too. Like I mentioned before, my step-brother and his partner is really accepting and is really helping me out a lot (thanks guys). The rest of my family doesn’t know yet, unless they read this blog often.. Which I doubt most of them do.
The past few weeks have been pretty good, except for the few sleepless nights of me going over everything 200 times. Mom says I seem much happier and more “alive” now and she loves it, I don’t walk around in a “daze” as she put it. My friends in Second Life even say the same thing. It’s just a great feeling to no longer have to hide myself away anymore or to worry about “if they found out” because they know now. The surprising thing is that we are actually getting along a lot better now then we did before. Me and dad used to fight all the time over anything. We haven’t had a fight ever since that day. I guess that means either they feel sorry for me and are just trying to make me feel better or that I am actually able to be more open and be myself for a change.
I have yet to find someone to actually diagnose me as having “Gender Identity Disorder” yet, but it will just be a matter of time. Although once you finally open up, it’s kinda hard to take your time 
You feel like you have to get started on making even more changes as soon as possible, but going slow can be a good thing to help make sure you are doing everything right. I still think my psychiatrist thinks I am confused or something… But like I said before, I really know for a fact now that I am not confused or wrong. The wrong thing is me ignoring whats in my heart and listening to what others try to say is best for me. I will not do that, I ignored my heart for years and I can no longer do that.