What Made You Choose Your Screen Name?

Andy Vibgyor · 10-31-2012, 11:57 AM

okay, so my screen name is also my personal pseudonym/pen-name, and I have made up a lot of those for many reasons. lol. When I was just beginning to find support groups etc online, I didn't want to use my real first name as I was so not out and also, quite young and scared. This was the same time that I started writing, a lot. And, this was the same time that I met my first romantic crush online. She was from a different country and couldn't pronounce my first name properly, so finally, i made up a pen-name for myself. I called myself 'Andy' which is a short, anglicized version of my first name, and 'Vibgyor' was just to add a dash of rainbow-awesomeness to it! actually, i also thought - in a very joking, lighthearted sort of way, that if my family ever kicks me out for being queer, I will have a last name for myself, of my own :P

Girl_On_Fire · 11-05-2012, 09:01 PM

Okay, I never did answer this so here's mine:

I've never been a hard rock or metal fan but I happen to like Rob Zombie's "Girl on Fire". Recently, this credit card commercial playing Alicia Key's "Girl on Fire" caught my attention and I liked it. I thought the term fit me because I'm very intense, passionate, loving, and have a firey temper. Ergo, Girl_On_Fire.

10-31-2012, 11:57 AM	#1
Andy Vibgyor Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch, stone, masculine-of-center Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 2 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 0	about pen-names okay, so my screen name is also my personal pseudonym/pen-name, and I have made up a lot of those for many reasons. lol. When I was just beginning to find support groups etc online, I didn't want to use my real first name as I was so not out and also, quite young and scared. This was the same time that I started writing, a lot. And, this was the same time that I met my first romantic crush online. She was from a different country and couldn't pronounce my first name properly, so finally, i made up a pen-name for myself. I called myself 'Andy' which is a short, anglicized version of my first name, and 'Vibgyor' was just to add a dash of rainbow-awesomeness to it! actually, i also thought - in a very joking, lighthearted sort of way, that if my family ever kicks me out for being queer, I will have a last name for myself, of my own :P

11-05-2012, 09:01 PM	#2
Girl_On_Fire Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Relationship Status: On Hiatus Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 690 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,020 Thanked 2,684 Times in 562 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Okay, I never did answer this so here's mine: I've never been a hard rock or metal fan but I happen to like Rob Zombie's "Girl on Fire". Recently, this credit card commercial playing Alicia Key's "Girl on Fire" caught my attention and I liked it. I thought the term fit me because I'm very intense, passionate, loving, and have a firey temper. Ergo, Girl_On_Fire. __________________ "Quit trying to reason with unreasonable people. It's like trying to have a meaningful conversation with an end table." ~ Girl_On_Fire