General Transgender Discussion

i wish i had a better job for many reasons...my current job would be impossible to start my transition and begin hormones. ..its not a trans-friendly place...its not even a regular friendly place...its just a retail store in a not great part of an inner city...me wanting a better more friendly work environment is not just an excuse to delay taking hormones...its a legit concern

my favorite youtube vlogger cory mr safety williams said a word he had no idea was offensive. in the previous vlog he done he called his light switch a tranny bear not realizing he offend some of us in the community. he immediately found out it was a bad word and here is his appology. hes a really awesome guy as ive met him and he did what i think was the coolest thing and explained and wants others to be educated on the word tranny.

Yea, haven't written for a while. Been looking into the medicare provision for my remaining surgery. I find the biggest problem is staying motivated to try. I have been fighting for so long to get this done that I am out of steam. And, one thing I need to find is people that will encourage me to keep going. I get along great with family, but they do not want to hear about the trans stuff. As for friends, well they contact me when they need something. I keep telling myself that I am too old. that even if I get the surgery done, I am too old for a relationship, or to find a real job, or to have a real life. Man, I am so tired of it. Having a life shouldn't be one …

i am going to be taking hormones soon...but bc of fear and lack of courage i haven't told my elderly parents yet that i am trans. what do u think is better, coming out then starting hormones. or taking hormones and then come out as people notice changes

so i went for my appointment at HOPES here in reno today and im still in good health and im 230lbs now from 240lbs. i got 3 vials of blood drawn and soon as i get my medicaid i can start getting my hormones. my cost for lab work and first visit was total of 20 bucks.

attention everyone.....i got something i got to tell you that happen to me around 5pm PST at a place called the Reno Sparks Rescue Mission here in Reno Nevada. So the last 3 days since I have been staying here at the Women's Shelter, us ladies have been going to the RSRM for breakfast and dinner. Well all was fine up until today at 5pm PST when this arse opened the door and told me right in front of the women that I was not allowed to come there to eat anymore and didnt give me a reason. You can imagine how infuriated I was. Here's is what confused me....there is two other transgender gals that have no problem going there and eating but yet i was targeted. Another thi…

so im writing this to tell you that my experience in the women's shelter here at VOA has been positive so far. the women have been nothing but nice to me and treating me so well. i feel so relaxed and easy and i can be my self more here then when i was at the men's shelter. Monica has been super awesome in helping me feel safe and makes sure that im well taken care of. i highly recommend this shelter for those who happen to be in reno nevada who are transgender MTF as they welcome our community with open arms. i even had one to help me with my makeup today and i got complimented with my over all look. im feeling so good about myself and not depressed as i was when i was i…

i told some people to day that i am tg

So, with medicare covering surgery, I have contacted surgeons to see if they will accept medicare and have gotten an emphatic no from them all . Even from surgeons that are trans themselves. Yea, guess it is all about the almighty dollar. So, at my age, I am giving myself 3 years. 3 years to get back in to my profession, get my surgeries done. And If it doesn't happen, then, I give up.

Was sitting on the sidewalk and seen a father with his child walking. The child was male but was wearing a dress. I told his father that was awesome for letting his child be themselves. I gave the father thumbs up for it. He smiled and thanked me

Today is the ninth anniversary of my coming out. It was such a relief when I first came out. All the internal stress and tension dissipated with that one act. Ever since that day my has been wonderful. Over these years I grew from a struggling cross dresser to a contented transgender woman. It's wonderful when I read that many men and women come out on their own. I have tried to be helpful to others in any way possible. I have been helped immeasurably by man people on the forums and in person. Looking back, it has been an interesting journey to say the least. It get more interesting every day. I certainly would not change anything.

Trans activist Jude Patton has created two Facebook pages for those in the LGBT community who form emotional bonds with animals and he invites us to share our stories of our relationships with our animal companions. TRANS for Animals Lgbtiqq people and their emotional bonds with companion animals Mr. Patton describes the project as follows; Unfortunately, our experiences with marginalization often affect our feelings of self-worth. While many people in our lives are unable, or unwilling, to provide the emotional support we need before, during, and after coming out, or transitioning, our companion animals never fail to see us as we truly are, and never fail in contin…

Who knows Sinead O'Conner from the 80's? As far as I know back when I used to listen to her amazing mellow songs in 1980's I knew she was a 100% female! If one goes to porn sites today yet one finds many beautiful women with penis naturally they were surgically planted ! Now the question arises what is the rate of these surgery? One can assume its okay to be bisexual in their own terms. I am just bewildered O'Conner has a penis which concludes my theory of dual sexual fantasy! Is this case true or women having penis implant surgery? Here is link Sinead O'Connor On Sexuality: 'It's Not About What Gets [Me] Hard Or Not' - http://huff.to/1yXBwI6 Language in th…

Matthew Breen | July 18 2014 "Nevertheless, two words have been conflated with trans identities, and those words have hijacked much of the discourse. The vitriolic conversations over the use of the words tranny and she-male—who can claim ownership over them and who should heed their power to injure as slurs, who is in-group and who is an outsider—have been caustic and divisive." --advicate.com Editor's Letter: Excising That Word

Joan Rivers Calls President Obama Gay, Says First Lady Is 'Trans' http://youtu.be/ihP_q6UPUDA

I haven't been as active in posting as I have in the past. Over the past few weeks I have felt in somewhat of a limbo state. I really don't know what to do or where to turn. I guess the best thing to do is wait and see what happens. I sense that there may be a major change in my life as yet I haven't figured out what it is. I went through this a few years back and here was a major shift in my life. This may be another one of those times.

Cyd Zeigler | June 06 2014 7:00 AM ET "It’s bad enough to see it splashed across my Facebook page and tossed casually around the pool on a warm Sunday afternoon, but the most disturbing part is that it’s gay men splashing it. As trans people have asked us with louder and louder voices to stop using this word, gay men everywhere are embracing it." --advocate.com Op-ed: What We’ve Failed to Remember With the T Word

Parker Marie Molloy | June 04 2014 3:32 PM ET "On Tuesday's episode of The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert riffed on the recent ruling by the Department of Health and Human Services that paves the way for Medicare coverage of transition-related surgical care." --advocate.com The Colbert Report Takes on Trans Medicare Coverage(w/Video) ______________________________ Is Stephen Colbert using the trans community for cheap laughs, or mocking conservatives, and poking fun at the toll that life and nature take on both men and women?

So, as ive said in another post I'm moving in a few days. I haven't told my father because I plan on doing it while he's in church, because of the reason **why** I'm moving (transition related.) So, I've written like 5 or 6 different (long) heartfelt letters to him, telling him that I'm trans and that I had planned to start hrt in less than a year. But slowly the letters have been changing... A few days ago I went out with a few friends and they were asking me about how my father would take the news. I told them its pretty likely that he'll completely reject me, and I started crying. I stopped skating and sat on a curb and just tucked my head into my knees and cried for a…

This morning on Facebook, I was greeted by some great news . The book , Community in Transition is a reality . Todd kottimier of Bec Havn publishing is telling stat the book will be out in October! Since all of you here know me as tbirdgal, mebee I should re introduce myself . I'm Ellen Shaver. I'm one of the "Misfits " of the trans world . Why ,I did I my "OWN " way. I knew who I was at age 6. Finding a path to transition was way different as it Is accepted now. In my day , we were locked up in Mental instiutions. I spent years playing the part of a Cross dresser . My story in the will explain why . Yes, I'll autograph ay copy of the book provide return postage for …

I don't know if this is a big problem for other trans people, but at work, whyrrr I'm out, People In the back room crew where I work are constantly poking at my feminine tendencies. I was in a great mood today until they decided to say that because I really liked this greeting card we processed because it had googly eyes.... They also poked fun at yjr fact that I really liked a photo album that said be yourself. I kind of flipped on them today because of it and I said "if someone who was born biologically male did any of this you wouldn't question them but you have to belittle me at every turn."

attached is a picture of my new look.

i have decided that i am going to give up on my transition as i no longer support the very community that time and time again have shunned me and not helped in my goal to womanhood. for the past 7 years i have went through literal heck, clawed and scratched to try to transition and no one seems to bother in helping nor cares i am even around. not to mention...i get critized, made fun of within my own community because i am having to present male until i get settled in my next place, if i ever do have one...knowing me ill live homeless the rest of my boring life....im so tired of being bashed within this community and looked down upon as gutter trash because i happen to be…

I am so sorry that I have not been around for awhile. I have been trying to get my life in order and been so wrapped up in other things that I almost forgot you all. :( :(