Alshra 
@alshra@tech.lgbtWell, guess this can serve as both my #introduction and my #ComingOut post!
Hi! I'm Megan, a 44yo freshly-hatched #trans woman living in #Boston and just starting on my transition journey. I'm mostly just a grab-bag of dusty memes and pop culture references, but am also trying to become a good little leftist and be more politically active. I do a lot of #boosting, but I'm hoping to start writing more of my own toots as I work through both my gender and political awakening.
Much love to @theropologist and all the folks at beige.party for letting me visit for a spell, but I'm not nearly funny enough to hang with them (you should totally follow everyone there, though!). Hope I can find my tribe here on tech.lgbt instead. 
See you around the #fediverse! 
Alshra @alshra@memnus Hi! Happy to finally be here!
@alshra @andthisismrspeacock @theropologist This old cis gay man wishes you the best in your journey! He's 61 and lives in Watertown, MA.
Alshra @alshra@wx1g @andthisismrspeacock @theropologist Thanks! I've got friends in Watertown and I love the Arsenal there
@andthisismrspeacock@mas.to@alshra @wx1g @theropologist Joyful Garden is such good #DimSum
@andthisismrspeacock @alshra @theropologist Thanks for recommendation!
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Alshra @alshra@Di_Libu Hi there!
@alshra@tech.lgbt Welcome out, and greetings from Providence! 
Alshra @alshra@TamsinSays Greetings fellow Rhody! 
I'm from Ashaway originally and lived in #RhodeIsland for most of my life before moving to #Boston in 2017! 
@alshra@tech.lgbt I'm a transplanted Rhody, being a native Californian who lived in Seattle for ~14 years before moving out there in June 2022. 
I hope you're enjoying Boston!
Alshra @alshra@TamsinSays Oh cool, my parents were also Cali transplants before moving out here in the late 70s. Hope you're liking Rhody so far (despite the weather!)
@alshra@tech.lgbt I am! My wife and I have a lovely home, and we're connected to a beautiful and thriving community. We missed a lot of the excitement of the recent weather, what with being in California for the first couple weeks of the year, but the weather overall has actually been quite lovely. 
Alshra @alshra@TamsinSays That's wonderful! Hopefully you've had a chance to see the sights, like visiting the beaches or going to places like Block Island or Newport. There's a lot crammed into such a little state!
@alshra@tech.lgbt Some of them, yes! We haven't made it to Block Island yet, but I'm told that Pride season is the perfect time to visit. 
Of course, that's also the perfect time to go to Provincetown, which we did last Summer...
Alshra @alshra@TamsinSays Ooh yea, Provincetown is still on my bucket list, and now I have an even bigger incentive to go!
@alshra@tech.lgbt Provincetown is magical. After visiting with my wife and two of our besties for a long weekend, I understood the phenomenon of people visiting a place and suddenly deciding they want to move there. I could've happily stayed for a week, a month, or more. Just being able to walk around as my gay-trans-girl self and have that be completely unremarkable was... honestly, it was life-changing.
Alshra @alshra@TamsinSays Oh that sounds incredible! So happy you got to experience that!
@alshra@tech.lgbt Thank you! Me, too. I hope you're able to go and experience it for yourself.