Watson

My family and I refer to Séan (my name while I was trans) as if he's a separate person. My sister might say “Séan was so angry,” or I'll say “Séan had my back.” If someone's unaware I was Séan and asks who he is, I say “Oh, I was Séan,” and I realize how fucking nuts it sounds.

No, I'm not nuts. My sister took to saying Séan rather than “when you were trans” because she felt Séan was a stranger and nothing like her sister. I say Séan rather than “when I was a trans man” because I've found it easier to talk about certain experiences by doing so.