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Post by Wykked Wytch on Nov 10, 2011 22:38:13 GMT -5
Welcome! How long were you questioning? Well, if you are talking about the specific question of whether or not I am transsexual, then actually only about a couple of months. I've had various gender-related issues all of my life though, so once I asked myself the question I was able to get to the truth in a relatively short amount of time. I have to say, I feel better now than I have in years. ;D It turns out that years of repression, shame, self-denial, etc. aren't very good for your overall mental state.Amen to that! ;D
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Post by Shane for Wax on Dec 5, 2011 10:02:47 GMT -5
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Dec 7, 2011 18:30:43 GMT -5
Some people have one or the other but feel incredibly ambivalent to both.
...that was a little wordy. I need to work on it.
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Post by Oriet on Dec 19, 2011 16:21:39 GMT -5
I have estradiol! Whoot!! Just got it prescribed today from the VA. I love that mandate notice they have on how to properly treat trans patients. ♥ Gonna be a while before it really kicks in, but I'll keep you all updated. [And in case you couldn't tell, I'm quite elated I've got the prescription now.]
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Post by The_L on Dec 20, 2011 10:43:28 GMT -5
I have estradiol! Whoot!! Just got it prescribed today from the VA. I love that mandate notice they have on how to properly treat trans patients. ♥ Gonna be a while before it really kicks in, but I'll keep you all updated. [And in case you couldn't tell, I'm quite elated I've got the prescription now.] *hugs* Congrats! Hormonal treatments are awesome (says the ciswoman taking BCP for PMDD). >.>
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Post by Shane for Wax on Dec 20, 2011 11:27:29 GMT -5
Congrats Oriet! YAY!
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Post by gyeonghwa on Dec 20, 2011 13:28:24 GMT -5
/me sends champagne to Oriet
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Post by java980 on Dec 22, 2011 19:16:16 GMT -5
Pansexual and transgender MTF. Not too far.. oh who am I kidding I just know that I am, I'm bare into the process at all, and I've only 'came out' to a couple friends.
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queenofhearts
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Another atheist transgirl with too many opinions and not enough money
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Post by queenofhearts on Dec 22, 2011 21:33:35 GMT -5
Pansexual and transgender MTF. Not too far.. oh who am I kidding I just know that I am, I'm bare into the process at all, and I've only 'came out' to a couple friends. Take your time. It took me almost a year to start transitioning after coming out to some of my friends. The process is very point a to point b (or maybe you prefer points MtF ) and there are no wrong ways to get there.
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Post by ironbite on Dec 22, 2011 21:36:20 GMT -5
You may lose friends over this but if you do, they weren't worth it to begin with.
Ironbite-be true to yourself and everything shall be awesome.
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Post by Shane for Wax on Dec 22, 2011 21:38:40 GMT -5
About time my little sister makes another post here.
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Post by Tigger_the_Wing on Jan 1, 2012 11:57:19 GMT -5
About time my little sister makes another post here. I'm not your little sister, but I've been invited by gyeonghwa to make a post here. I hope you don't mind? I've taken a couple of days, trying to catch up with the whole thread; but meatspace stuff kept getting in the way, so I decided just to jump in. As I have posted in the newbie thread, I'm a confusing mass of contradictions. A gay granny (gay male brain, female body), a (recently) ex-Roman Catholic atheist Pastafarian, a motorcyclist who can no longer ride, an ex-taxi driver, an autistic stay-at-home who has travelled across the world, a vegetarian carnivore, a wheelchair user who rides a bicycle (I tow the wheelchair), in a long and happy marriage but with a broken heart, a fan of comic fantasy (and some serious), an occasional TV watcher (Dr. Who addict), someone who loves being silly and hates discrimination in all its ugly forms. Ummm… I won't be transitioning any further than I've already had to (pre-cancerous tumours on both ovaries led to total hysterectomy back in 1996, yay!) because hubby likes me the way I am and I've loved him for decades (we celebrated our 32nd wedding anniversary the day after Monkey). My kids and my closest friends know. I suppose it was about ten years or so ago that I finally stopped hiding from myself who I actually am and told hubby. Fortunately, it wasn't a problem. This last year, once my youngest two turned eighteen, I came out to my kids. Then my closest friends. I suppose I am a pretty lucky person because it hasn't changed a thing. From childhood on, friends have tended to give me masculine nicknames so I don't think I was very well disguised anyway. Who am I kidding? I am utterly hopeless! Oh, and people tend to think (and treat me as if) I am much younger than I actually am, for some reason. What else? I'm a Pokémon fan since RBY, I love doing my own motorcycle maintenance (or I should say did ), we generally split the chores so I get to do the fun DIY stuff and hubby does the shopping and cooking and the boys do the laundry, vacuuming, pet feeding etc (except I get the loo and bathroom and cat litter duties ) I miss my family back home (my parents, in-laws, older kids and all my grandkids are in the British Isles). I even miss the weather. ;D I hope that wasn't too much?
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Post by Shane for Wax on Jan 1, 2012 16:11:45 GMT -5
No, but Java is! I have lots of family running around these parts. But yay! We get all kinds here. And nobody has a right to tell you how far you should transition. So long as you feel comfortable in your own skin. ;D
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Post by Tigger_the_Wing on Jan 1, 2012 17:08:05 GMT -5
No, but Java is! I have lots of family running around these parts. Java? Lots of family?! Wonderful! ;D (So long as you all get along, that is!) I have a 27-year-old daughter and four sons aged 30, 29 and 18-year-old twins, four grandsons and four step-grandchildren. I came to Australia for six months seven years ago. I've never met my two youngest grandsons. Health and financial issues mean that I possibly never will. But yay! We get all kinds here. And nobody has a right to tell you how far you should transition. You are right; no-one has any rights over anyone else, ever. Duties towards one another, but no rights over others. Be excellent to one another. So long as you feel comfortable in your own skin. ;D Comfortable? That'd be nice! I have auto-immine disorders. I have been uncomforable/in pain since childhood, but I know what you mean, really. I think that by now it's more that I'm familiar with who I am. Spending more than half a century as a weird hybrid gets one used to certain things.
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Post by Shane for Wax on Jan 1, 2012 17:16:12 GMT -5
We get along, yes. *nods* When you aren't much close to your real family you tend to find people on the internet who takes over as family. *nods*
I'm constantly in pain but eh. You get used to it, I think. My body doesn't know what to do when it's totally out of pain.
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