# So - I've started my medical transition last week

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**Created:** [September 25, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380 "2026-09-25T19:20:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380/30 "2026-09-26T01:34:29Z")

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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> ETA: how did you do those footnotes?

Footnotes are easy. Lead with a caret ^ immediately follow with a bracket [put in your text and close with a bracket]

> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Will names change in your immediate family and circle of friends?

If I do socially transition, I’ll use the diminutive of the feminized version of my name. I’m still me. I like me.

I like this meme:  
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55328486503_9d1726da83_b.jpg "Screenshot\_20231203\_060448\_Reddit") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/190534151@N04/55328486503/)  
Except that **Maus** isn’t dead. He was a chrysalis.

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