Hi! Here are some questions nobody's asked but might?

My name is Ginny Mae, and you can call me Ginny or Ginny Mae! I'm a stereotypical girl who likes: programming, video games, and lots of other nerdy things!

What should I call you, you seem to have too many names now

okay. yeah. that's fair. in most places i use ginny, ginny mae, or some ginny-based derivative. At work I go by my middle name, Mae.

Legally changing my name is in progress, but takes months. So I still have to use my legacy name in situations where that matters, like my Costco membership card.

Are there any negatives to being transgender?

Not inherently! Some do come along with living in a transphobic society though!

Transitioning itself is hard, slow, and very expensive.

Are you a boy or a girl? What is your gender?

I'm a girl, and always have been.

Are You Sure? What if you are wrong or change your mind?

Am I sure? Yes.

What does {person} think?

I don’t know or care that much, you should ask them instead of me. Maybe y’all can keep a spreadsheet.

Where did your name come from?

Ginny came from a book series I loved reading when I was in my 20s. Ginny is the youngest daughter in a large family. She starts shy and somewhat frequently in need of saving, but grows into a powerful and fierce woman. I considered other names, but Ginny stuck. (As a side note, there was a high chance it’d have been Luna if a bunch of cis friends hadn’t named their stupid babies Luna and who even knows what gender those babies really are. {Come to think of it, Luna would have made my initials LMR which is basically “lamer” so..... babies forgiven?})

Mae (short for Maeve or Medb) is a queen from Irish mythology, described as “so beautiful that [she] robbed men of two-thirds of their valor upon seeing her”. Medb insisted on being equal in wealth with her partners, and when she realized she was short one very good bull she started a war. A lot of people died! She is goals.

I like the flow of the two names together as well as each name individually. I also like that they have different vibes. Ginny feels diminutive, soft, cute, and feminine. Mae is a single syllable and feels a bit more mature.

Also, importantly: the domains and usernames were available.

Am I, the asker and current reader of this question, trans?

I'm happy to talk about experiences with gender and gender dysphoria. I can send you tons of resources - more than you could possibly want.

But I can't tell you if you are transgender. Heck, even if I did... would you believe me?

Why does your website look like this???

web design is my passion

The current site design, unless I do a redesign and forget to update this question, is a copy of the first proper website I launched back in 1997. I grabbed the source from the Wayback Machine, did a few very small tweaks, and then turned it into an eleventy template.

(Throwbacks like 90's designs and 88x31 buttons are considered retro cool, so I am both a trend setter and a trend follower.)

Alternatively and more simply stated: i think it's funny but ymmv