I transitioned in a small town and I was 100% the first trans person the folk at the bank or whatever had met. Most of them didn't know they actually could change on their records You had to be a massive karen to get basically anything, I imagine it's even worse now
ᚅᚓᚃ ᚆᚐᚔᚏᚇᚑ ᚃᚆᚑ ᚇᚔᚄBeing an old, I was fully aware that when I was transitioning I was pretty much guaranteed to be the first trans person most people would have met. I was also conscious of the fact that I was more than likely the first trans person to contact multiple organisations about name changes, and what I did