I sold the building, Teddy is (sorta) gone!

The topic tonight is related to my name change, and yes, I am not putting a rest on this issue. You will know why?

I have done the name change recently, plus I moved to a new town. A brave move, as I call it. There is another post for that, but accepting my birth name is part of me. Let me focus on this one. Let me start with: Teddy is still here. The next question is, is Teddy still alive? Yes, she is. Why Jade? Why TL, what is TL? Historically, I was using the name Astrid which I love. Until a friend of mine asked me what other names I have in mind, and I said Jade; that created a spark. That spark I carried through for many years, and I would say that it got stuck in my brain. I have never let it go. Then, I realized one day. The full name sounded familiar. Someone on my dad's side of the family has the same name and surname, too. Did I ask permission? Not really! I told her about it. After all, there are many people out there who have the same name and same last name. I will have to deal with police clearance in the future and the delays that come with it.

Presenting Jade TL

Here comes the TL part. What is TL? Well, Ted Louie is my legal first name. Isn't that a sexy name? It is not matching the new me, I would have gone with Teddy, but I needed something with a lustre. Something me! I included TL in my new legal name because I wanted to honour my parents. I love the name given to me, but of course, with me transitioning. I would inevitably have to do a name change. I pulled the gun. I will always have Ted Louie or Teddy in me. She is a part of me. She is (sorta) gone.

I want to take ownership of my new identity together with all the changes that I continuously embrace.

Emerald Lake at Yoho National Park

Now you are going to cross-examine me. What do you mean by sorta? Deciding on a new name is powerful, and it allows me so much freedom on how to manoeuvre my transitioning. It is honestly a pain in the butt doing this name change, my cards, my identification, my application for my citizenship and others. Everything has to match. Plus, I wanted to avoid the look of people looking at my driver's license with Ted Louie on them, and yet a beautiful woman is in front of them. Yes, I said beautiful:-) I am making my mark, and I am making a statement to the world. So saying that Teddy is sorta gone is correct. Everything has to align. I want to take ownership of my new identity together with all the changes that I continuously embrace.

So my request is to please do the switch. There is a lot of flip-flopping that will happen, which would mean testing my patience in the next few months. I did it before and was willing to work with people. I hope that others are also willing to work with me.