[in this context, Rin is who Len was before transitioning]

Transgender. An umbrella term for persons whose gender identity, gender expression or behaviour does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth.

Your friend and seatmate, Len, falls under this umbrella. Well, as of now, you know ‘her’ as Rin, since he hasn’t came out yet. You have noticed that he started getting more and more masculine every day, but you never questioned it. No one questioned it. Until one day.

You were in class, next to ‘Rin’, as usual and the teacher started reading names for attendance. But today was different. ‘Rin’ was now ‘Len’. Everyone in the room aside from the teacher was confused, mumbling and muttering. Turning to Len, you asked about it, to which he got very nervous and a bit flustered.

“uh…so..um…about that…I..um..”