Back after a long, enforced absence. Chrome forgot my password, so did I, and the site's 'forgotten password' link wasn't working. Anyhow, I eventually managed to guess my password, Chrome now remembers it, and I'm able to sign in again. I can't make any promises that I'll be as active as I was. My life and interests have changed considerably. I'm definitely out of the dating pool, since I've found myself the perfect trans girlfriend.
Anyhow, bio time. Full time trans woman here. No hormones or surgery so far (still on one of the UK's very long waiting lists for these) but I've legally changed my name and most of my ID over, including gender markers where possible. I'm quite comfortable with the identity of 'trans woman' since I went full time. 'Gender atheist' had a nice ring to it, but while I still recognise that gender is an artifical social construct, I've made my peace with it as long as I get to live on the feminine side.
I have experience of 'toxic Catholicism' via my mother, particularly when it came to acceptance of my sexuality and gender identity. I've no problem with faith, and I respect the comfort it must bring to those who have it. My big beef is with organised religions, and the way they exploit faith for control in pursuit of power. No more so than the way they harness the human reproductive urge to increase their following, and condemn masturbation, same sex intimacy or gender confirming surgeries because they allow for sexual pleasure without serving their agenda to breed you like livestock.