Hey Dad!

Really sorry how long this took but I get nervous every time I  try to type this e-mail. I'm going to try my best to explain everything, and I might even use bullet points just so it's READABLE. Half of this is easy and half of this is kinda hard to explain, and I'm sure you are open minded enough to hopefully accept it.

Part 1 - About Me:
I'm gay! I have acknowledged this since I was about 16.
I would say I'm pansexual or bisexual, whichever is easier to understand for you, but it's easier for me to just tell most people I'm gay.
I'm quite open about my sexuality online, and all the friends I keep online are 100% accepting of me and my identity.
I almost always keep my sexuality mum when I'm in real life situations, there are scarce few where I decide to tell people I am.
I avoid telling my co-workers I'm gay at all, I always refer to Ron as a girl or girlfriend when I am at work. I did the same thing back at my old job too.
Now hang on to that last bullet point, cause shit's about to get crazy! Hold on tight.

Part 2 - About Ron:

When me and Ron initially got together, he identified as a girl, he didn't have any gender issues (or at least I didn't think so.)
We got together in January, 2014 - Ron told me about his desire to identify as a man in March, which is what, only 2 months after our relationship started? So it was a very early development. I was 100% accepting of this decision, because it was still kind of strange we were even in a relationship (strange to my knowledge I had then, I knew nothing about transgender identities, at all. I've learned so much since.)
He has been on hormone therapy for about 3 to 4 months now I think. It will be a slow process but he wants to fully transition so he can be happy with himself. His depression has gotten so much better since being on hormones, which is probably half hormones and half a huge weight lifted off his back, finally being able to be who he's meant to be.
This last part is important - Ron is NOT a Tranny, Transvestite, Transexual etc are slurs or derogatory terms that are hard to tell if they referred to actual transgender people or just men in drag (and vice versa.) He identifies as transgender, but that just means he was born female and realised later on what he really wanted.
I'm not expecting you to automatically pick up using the correct pronouns (he/him) and using the right name (Ronnie, Ron) right off the bat, but if you are willing to at least try I'm more than happy with that. I'm not even sure when the next time you'll see him is but, I'd be very happy if you refer to him with the correct connotations in future e-mails. It would mean a lot to me!
But yeah uhh  other than that things are okay, I'm dealing with this sorta good sorta bad job, and we'll be moving again in March to somewhere much more suitable for both of us. Ron's Dad is great but we don't get our own space very often and Ron hasn't come out to his Dad yet.

Hope this was fun to read, and much love,

Stuart