Announcing: The Sekrit Projekt.

[azhreia]

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Comments

[justjay]

He already kicks ass. I'm pretty sure he always has.
*hug*

[azhreia]

thanks :-)

the only problem with kicking ass is that there always seems to be *so much* ass to kick :-)

[australian_joe]

Congratulations on wrangling the bureaucracy!

[azhreia]

some parts of the bureaucracy (or, as I frequently misspell it, bureaucrazy) are easier to wrangle with than others.

the six weeks I had to wait on the name change coming through were *hell*.

on the other hand, going along to places like Vicroads, Medicare and my bank with the important piece of paper in hand were comparatively easy.

The one major wrangle identity-wise is going to be the passport. I need to do it, in case I have to go overseas in a hurry. But it's not a fight I'm looking forward to.

[australian_joe]

I'd hope that with a revised birth certificate and driver's license in hand, a passport couldn't be far away. This situation must come up regularly and I'm sure they'll have a process for dealing with it. (It may not be a very progressive process...)

Good luck!

[flufy]

Well, seeing as how odds are 1 in 30,000 of an individual being TS, probably not too often. That's worldwide, btw, not just in Australia.

[septascarabae]

Wonderful. Congratulations on completing the transition and goodluck with the future!

[azhreia]

oh, I'm a long way from completing the transition - I'm just at the start.

As I said to a friend, this is like reaching the top of the first long hill on a rollercoaster. it takes a lot of creaking and clanking, and then you're poised on the brink, terrified yet excited, and knowing that the ups and downs ahead of you are going to make your head spin and take your breath away - and there's nothing you can do about it now but hang on.

It's going to be an interesting ride - in the "chinese curse" sense of interesting.

[ex_keepmyhor20]

wow. i think i understand.
you are very strong and free-thinking.
(bureaucracy is a shit anywhere.)

[azhreia]

thanks ;-)

I'm sure that our bureaucracy could learn a thing or two from yours :-) but I hope they never do.

[ex_keepmyhor20]

haha, you're absolutely right;
but for example i can't get visa to NY, at september i will try one more time and i'm sure it will be very complicated
+((

[hopeforyou]

Congratulations!

Best of luck on this next transition in your life.

[azhreia]

thanks :-)

it's both exciting and terrifying, but it's the most *true* thing I've ever done just for myself.