General Transgender Discussion

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It was 2 years ago I made the biggest decision in my life,live and dress as female fulltime.Since the age of 6,I always felt feminine mostly.I was adopted and my mom that adopted me watched me go through her shoe and hosiery.There were times she did put make up on me.It was the crossdressing at first.Then 2 years ago,things did change and my wife noticed it at first.Finally we did sit down and talk telling her I wanted to live and dress as female fulltime.Was amazed she decided to stay married to me,said she always liked the femme side of me more and always wanted a femme husband.Our relationship is a lot better since this happened.We have an 18 year old daughter together…

Every year I set goals rather than make resolutions. I put a time table as to when I will achieve a specific goal. This past year events happened in my life that was unplanned for. I am the better for it. I identified as a cross dresser at the beginning of the year. In May I sensed a migration away from the cross dresser spectrum. It was always my contention that my gender issues ran deeper than just wearing women�s clothing. I have crossed many roads in my journey but this marked the first time that I hesitated going across. In June I identified myself as a transgenderist. I wear women�s clothing all the time at home. I viewed myself being between a cros…

There are some people who would just giggle and stare, but sadly there are those who tend to act out their differences in a physical way, that is sometimes known as trans phobia. Well, its was my 2nd day appearance in court, to face my neighbor who decided to harass me due to my transitioning as a full-time female. Anyway I walked into court with a friend to be seated. Before the judge walked into the court room, my neighbor (the defendant) began shouting out in court saying more threats and harassing comments made against me, as I sat quietly waiting for the judge to come out. The police ordered my neighbor to control his verbal out burst in the court room, but he contin…

A Gallup poll identified 3.2% of Americans as LGBT, and discovered surprising trends in demographics. BY Daniel Reynolds, October 18 2012 8:43 PM ET According to a recent Gallup poll, 3.2% of American adults self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). Released Thursday, the percentage was determined from a series of 121,290 interviews between June 1 and September 30. Gallup claims it is the largest survey of its kind to date. -advocate.com 3.2% of Americans Identify as LGBT, According to New Gallup Poll

So, the 30 day challenges are supposed to be for tumblr but I'm way too cool to use that... so ill be back daily to make videos, every night... This is day one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLGWIRDDBxs&feature=youtu.be Check it out.

Well, for one Virginia inmate , the fourth Circuit court will decide her fate tomorrow , Wedsday , 10-24- 2012 . I'll keep everyone informed as to the outcome .................

I'm a 64 y/o trans who had srs at 28 always had a job always had a love almost got married once, flu stealth all my life now retired and don't care who knows

For quite some time, everyone who feels the need to number us, claims that there are only 700,000 transgender people in the US. That number has been bandied about so much, that even some trans people have begun to use that figure. I've always thought that was a crock of crap. And it angers me more each time I see it, 'cause in the back of my mind, I can't help but believe that the part of the nation hell-bent on keeping us grovelling in the gutter have got to be thinking, "so what, there's only 700,000 of ya's." I just finished reading the article The faces of transgender teen America. According to that article, "among the documented 1.6 million homeless youth across …

I am just abit curious, open for all those concerned......I was five when I awoke to the realization that I wasn't me, at what point in your life had you realized that your body was not your own.....did it hit you all of a sudden or was it gradual..Did you awake in a cold sweat or just a calm over took you... did you get the preverbial light pop up over you and you just knew....and at that time was your name realized or did you have to find it hiding within you... I know at once what my name was it all came crahing down on me at once like a ton of bricks...( BAMMM ) I realized who I was completely....does this happen to everyone or just a few.... did you tell any one at …

Just had to get this off my chest. Even though I get along with all my family, today has been a somewhat bitter sweet day. You see, today is my birthday, and I heard nothing from my family. At the same time it has been a sweet day. Just got a phone call from a very dear friend, and telling me she loves me, and thanked me for being in her life. I also got a surprise e-mail from my life coach saying happy birthday. How she knew it was my birthday is beyond me, but it felt good. So, trying to hang on to the positive and let go of the hurt of not hearing from my family. I am finding that blood is not thicker than water. Having a few good friends is much more.

A blog by Gabriel Rotello that appears in Huffington Post, October 4th 2007. I'm posting this as it might provide some food for thought and debate. link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabriel-rote...-t_b_67202.html I hope it is OK to do this. MIWBJ ************************* The decision by the Democratic leadership in Congress to eliminate transgendered people from ENDA, the bill to ban discrimination against gays in the workplace, has ignited a genuine firestorm in gay political circles. It's heartening to see that LGBT activists are coming out of the woodwork to insist that any meaningful bill that does not protect the transgendered isn't worth the pa…

Saw my Dad today, and knowing i would'nt see him on Christmas, we did the gift giving today. And, my Dad gave me the best gift. On a Christmas card he gave me, he wrote this one sentence. "I thank God for sending you to me. Love Dad" What greater gift could i ask for.

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It has been 3yrs that I've been seeing my gender specialist/therapist, and during my last appointment meeting with her, she addressed male pronouns on me, although my true gender identity/expression is female. During my last conversation with her, she explained about my life living as a "man"? I frowned at her comment, although I'm not denying about my biological gender, its just her terminology that upsets me, I find it hard to believe that I lived my life as a "man" since I always acted like a girl, playing with my Barbie dolls, among other things that I already told her about my past life, that things boys don't go threw. Perhaps I might be over reacting, and that it m…

Hello All, Before I ramble, being this is about some events the past few days, I'm wondering if this is an OK place to post, or is there a more appropriate area? I've taken a few steps, it's a start. I spoke with a gg friend on Friday and laid out my closeted situation that is starting to bubble up and push the door slightly open. She was amazingly sympathetic and loved the idea of me dressing for Halloween. I suspect she might even offer to help with clothing and make-up! She also spoke in-depth about writing a letter to my partner and letting him know where I'm at. She also mentioned several things to say / do to help get him aboard, or at least not start negative…

So basically, my friend (pre-everything) got outed as wanting to be a girl, but she still has 1¾ years of highschool left. She says the counselors are supportive, but the teachers let the kids bully and harass her to no end. She also says that her family is not likely to be supportive and they regard her siituation as "just a phase." Now, the problem here is I wanna help but I don't know how since I live in Georgia and she lives in Wisconsin. All I can really do is talk to her and try to comfort her over the internet... >_> Any ideas?

I found this browsing on facebook, and I throught it was fun and informative aswell http://assignedmale.tumblr.com/post/97385408302/emergency-webcomic-about-a-transgender-girl

Source: Moonhawk River Stone, a Schenectady therapist who specializes in treating transgender people provides definitions of the following terms; Androgynous Cisgender Cross-dressing Drag queens Gender dysphoria Gender identity disorder Gender-reassignment surgery Intersex LGBTQ Sex vs. gender Transgender Transition Transphobia Transsexual Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/A-glossary-of-transgender-terms-2342389.php#ixzz1fej1dCK9

I have a good friend of mine that has been by my side supporting me.Her name is Sophia and I known her since we were both 8 years old.Sophia has been there for me since day one I started my transition.Said that she is still my friend for life after I told her I was going to transition.Sophia says I am a much better person and knew I was holding a long time secret in the closet.Has already said she likes the new me very well too.Has helped me out through my transition too,a make up artist and taught me how to apply make up.I have this down very good since she taught me very well.I do my nails too,she taught me this also and have this down.

well, I had been dating a great guy for the last month or two, and yes, I thought he might be "the one". He lives out of town, six hours away by car. He has driven here twice to see me, and he also took the bus another time to see me. I thought we were hitting it off really well, we laughed, we talked, we got along really well, we had great intimacy too. We seemed to like the same things. We had even talked about him coming here, getting a job here, and moving in with me. He even got along with my cat well, she came up to him and let him pet her the first night he was here, and she's never done that with anyone. Today he pm'ed me and said he has decided agains…

http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Falling-in-Love-with-a-Transgender-Man I found this article on the O Magazine website. Love!

:huh: This has been a tough nut to crack since I went full-time in '99...Friendship. First thing I lost were all my bible-thumping straight friends, but I had family...then the family started to drop by the wayside... But I was still happily [for the most part] married to my best friend...no worries then. But then she left me [ouch]....thus I became essentially a social shut-in....I worked all day/week, coming home to my little cottage near the Lake, only to emerge the next mornig/monday for work...I was/am a working girl...a dream come true many times over...but no social life cause: 1. Risky...who tell/share your life with will not take your stealth as ser…