What is the best way to disclose you are Trans when meeting new people or groups?
To start, I am a transgender woman and on the autism spectrum. I like making friends and joining groups, specifically online. I however am very sensitive to rejection and I am of the opinion I would like to disclose this early on rather than try to keep it a secret and possibly face bigotry later when I already invested time and emotional energy into people. That makes my rejection sensitivity worse. Does anyone here have ways or methods they have to disclose this without making it seem to blunt or like "it's part of your personality" for lack of a better phrasing. It is sometimes difficult to find the right words to say and when.