[ntlk]

I cut ties with my old identity in two stages. First I rejected the country of my birth, and then the gender I was assigned at birth. There are similarities between that and what you’re trying to achieve.

Unfortunately, I found no reliable way to ensure the old identity doesn’t “leak” into the new one, because I’m still the same person, and because the changes I made were gradual rather than timed to appear as a single event.

I just had to learn to accept that if someone were to look, they’d still find my old name etc. Luckily most people don’t care, and just accept what you tell them about yourself. That’s to say that I found a way to be fine with it not being a secret that a change has occurred, because it rarely matters to anyone.

[bfuller]

I would be interested in hearing more about how your online identity had to change during your transition. I know it would help a lot of young trans people.

[throwaway250618]

I bet that was both exciting and extremely hard. Glad to hear you did it.

[kreetx]

I'm semi-anonymous: if you look hard enough you could find out, but the public at large doesn't care. So I think if you change your accounts, you can keep your viewpoints (keep expressing them) -- most won't make the connection.