the_fantastic_ms_fox | (no subject)

Thanksgiving/Angstgiving dinner with the labeled/unlabled crowd. Fun. Large amounts of ethical food. Yams. Wine. More yams. Glad I went. Glad I made tom yim stew.

A little awkward too, partially due to the whole "going to parties with a lot of people I've not met" thing, as I feel on the older end of the bell curve and think I remember being the young one at these things. This comes with turning twenty-six I'm told. That and being in a space where I'm challenging myself to be out. Now that's awkward. If I'm gonna do this transgender thing, I think that an androgynous name would be an asset. "Amy" causes too much cognitive dissonance as is, and I can't introduce myself as such in all spaces.

I'd thought it appropriate for one to take a new name at some point in one's early adulthood, and had been considering doing so anyway. I found that this site helps.

Cassidy; Darwin; Fox; Garren; Greer; Lichen; October; Providence; Sasha; Unity.

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I don't think people dwell too much over the national origins of names in our part of the world. And in particular when the people of that culture are of similar skin-tone to the nameholder's own origins. There are too many expatriot Chinese who have named themselves with antiquated British names to be shocked by a Scottish-Canadian Sasha.

I've liked that name for a long time, and I think you would do well by it were you to choose it.

Thank you for your thoughtful consideration. I like Sasha as well; it fits.

Looking back on my journal from the future, I can say that I get asked about three times a month about what "Sasha" implies about my ancestry.

Fascinating.