[Lost and Found]

How is it that, you can manage to be open and feminine enough to have this problem and only be out to your mom? Unless the rest of your family lives elsewhere. They must be pretty slow. :P

I actually had that problem when I was getting my school ID made last year. But I just looked her in the eye and said "This is me". I didn't realize why she thought it wasn't until a minute later though. Heh.

It was kind of funny, but I can see this being a problem if it's happening all of the time. Though I'm sure there are cisgendered girls with boys names too, (though, if your old name is as masculine as mine was feminine, that might make things tough) so maybe if you're just more assertive with them, they'll believe you. Though I can see it also being frustrating to insist that you are a name you don't identify with. But I don't know what else you can do.

Good luck with coming out to your family and getting your name changed and all. And with working around your old name until then. It's a pain, but when it's all over you don't have to go through it ever again.