I can't even look at you right now without shaking my head.

Dear Brave Transsexual soul.

Congrats on taking the next step to transitioning by legally changing you name and posting notice in the LA Weekly as required by law (see heart shaped section).

But dudegirl- c'mon. Your first name was the word MAN in it. I'm assuming you're not going for passable here- yes? Plus you want people to call you Vanilla St. James, which sounds like a prostitute from a 1950s-set James Ellroy novel who done wrong but has a heart of gold.

So Vanilla, I beg you. In a year, when you go to buy cigs & coconut snowball at 1am on the way home and the cashier asks for your ID with your debit card, do you want that late-shift prick to think "WOMAN" or "Whoa-Man!" while he chortles? The li'l bastard is gonna say he needs to get his manager and make a joke outta you.

And you are no joke. You are Vanilla St. James, goddammit.