LGBTQ·Posted on Oct 8, 201334 Times You Could Come Out As Trans Over The Course Of Your Life"Hey, you got a minute?"by Thomas Page McBeeBuzzFeed ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Yourself. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. To yourself, again. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. One more time, just to be sure. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. To your one trans friend. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 5. To your partner/girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband. 6. And your kids, if you've got 'em. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. To your parents. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 8. Depending on how that goes, to your extended family. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. To your friends. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. "Friend" is maybe a strong word. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. To Facebook. And YouTube. And Tumblr. 12. To your doctor, even if you're not going on hormones. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. To your boss. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 14. And your coworkers, over email. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 15. Or even worse, in a group meeting. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. At the DMV. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 17. Filling out Social Security forms. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. Filling out insurance forms. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 19. And insurance forms. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 20. And IRS forms. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 21. At the post office. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 22. And Vital Records. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 23. To the nice folks at probate court. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 24. To people you haven't seen in years. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 25. To people who think you're in the "wrong" bathroom. 26. To the drunk person who starts ranting about "real men" or "real women." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 27. To gay people who use trans slurs. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 28. To people who hit on you. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 29. Or anyone you go home with. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 30. At airport security. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 31. To the customer service rep who misgenders you on the phone. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 32. To a new employer who calls your references--who only know you by your birth name. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 33. Or to your references, who you call to tell not to call you by your birth name. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 34. To your extended family who don't know yet because at this point it's awkward. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF