At the intersection of geek and trans
I post too many serious, heavy things. This is a little lighter, although still not all orgasms and chamomile.
Part of my efforts toward transitioning have involved shifting my online presence to use my new name and removing, wherever possible, all traces of my old identity. So, naturally, whenever I sign up for new services online, I use my new name instead of my legal name. It quickly became something I do without even thinking about it. After, all, I am Anna. It was not exactly difficult for me to embrace that as a truth, because as soon as I realized it, it felt completely natural.
So, one result of this is that, when I created an account on the new battle.net, I used Anna as my name. Fast forward to the release of StarCraft 2, and all of my co-workers want my RealID so they can friend me in-game.
I have studiously avoided talking about it. I have nimbly dodged the issue, or changed the subject, whenever it comes up. It is a tricky landscape, but I manage.
The other downside, of course, is that I don’t have anyone to play StarCraft with. I mean, random matches, sure. But that really isn’t the same.
Oh well. I guess I’ll just have to convert people I’m already out to into StarCraft players.
