General Transgender Discussion

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OK , I have been away For So Long , I am missing my Friends and family here … I want to post a question and see what sort of responses I get from Both The New Members and Those of the Alumni , so now I really do expect to see a few responses and some great discussion over the posts made , Now the Question to be posted is : 　 If you have started Transition , Told Your Friends , Family and Work ( any of the previous will be sufficient ) , and you have or are experiencing the Sting of what so many of The current Alumni and Those who have never spoke out in regards to this sudden loss of those who you felt would never leave your side for any reason , yet Just found o…

Communication Modification Program for Transgender People to be Offered at Ithaca College Ithaca College ITHACA, NY — A new program at Ithaca College offering voice and communication modification instruction for transgender people from the college and the broader community will start in February. Beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the Sir Alexander Ewing ... “The program will focus on developing voice, articulation, language, nonverbal communication and self perception,” said Pitti, clinical assistant professor and clinical program director in the college’s Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. “It is open to both male-to-female and female-to-male tra…

My family now understands I live as a woman fulltime.It was hard when I came out to my parents and sister I that I was going to live as a woman fulltime last year.We have been working on it through a counsoler and I got a surprise.I got a hug from my parents including my sister knowing this is me and they love me with their unconditional love.Good thing is this is off my back including my family's.My family never gave up on me and knew working things out would help out.

I was with my mother the other night, and we usually end up on some topics that I wouldn't expect, but it just so happened that night we ended up on just the topic I needed to get my foot in the door. I casually began inquiring whether she would be upset, or okay with the fact that I would eventually like to start hormone therapy. I didn't relate it directly to transitioning, but she did ask whether or not it meant relenting my birth name. I requested that once I started therapy, she begin calling me by my chosen name (not that far derived from my birth-name). She seemed as if she might find it difficult to do so, but it was a good start. She also knows that I would …

Applicants: DOC Transgender Committee The District of Columbia Department of Corrections is seeking applicants who are interested in becoming a volunteer member of the Department’s Transgender Housing Committee. This Committee is tasked with determining the appropriate housing assignment for each transgender inmate placed in the Department’s custody—this follows a thorough review of all inmate records and assessments, and an interview with the transgender inmate. Applicants should be members of the transgender community or acknowledged experts in transgender affairs. Applicants should mail their cover letter and resume to the attention of Carolyn Cross, Deputy Direc…

Hey, everyone! Charity Heart here! I am a girl who recently discovered this is not just a game anymore, this is who I want to be. I really believed I was just a crossdresser, but came to realize I want more than that. I want to be Charity all the time. I blog (vlog?) on Youtube alot now. My address is www.youtube.com/charitytgirl or just go to Youtube and search: charitytgirl Thanks every1! Charity

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.

Hi, I decided to write and post this in the forums because I felt it was something I’d like to share. As most of you may know, I’ve been doing what I can as a Moderator and as a News Editor for our wonderful community here at TGGuide. I'll be away for a couple weeks and I’m sharing because this is another of such things we in the TG community must face ... It’s been an emotional couple days for me and my family ... well ever since my Grandma (Nan we call our Grandmothers where I’m from) had a stroke a week and a half ago ... she passed away yesterday. I’m flying out tomorrow for two weeks, to also help my Mom out with whatever she needs, cooking, cleaning all the da…

A little shocked to see one of those KY sensation stuff commercials last evening featuring a gay female couple. I realize this isnt tg related, but i was still shocked. I also thought how cool that we've come this far that a sexual aid featuring a gay couple made it on mainstream tv. Nothing gay related on tv when i was younger. But, i did not appreciate ky commercials featuring anyone obviously using it for sex, being on at 6pm on regular tv. C'mon really ? Sitting with my 11 year old neice watching history channel? Did not appreciate that.

I attend an accepting church. My wife and I have become members as of yesterday. There were at least 3 gay couples and 5 or 6 lesbian couples. As far as I know I'm the only transgender person there. My wife and I feel comfortable and have made some friends. I may speak with the pastor about my being transgender. I can honestly say that I feel comfortable about doing this. I'm also sensitive to my wife's feelings. She accepting of my dressing up to a point. Recently, for the first time, she walked beside me on the street while I was dressed. As you can small advances have made. I would make my day when I attend service dressed up.

Hey everyone As someone who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I wonder if it is common among transgender or people who don't prescribe to the gender binary to have some kind of mental illness. Do any of you have bipolar as well (or something similar)? I suppose my biggest fear is that being bipolar will affect my treatment and diagnosis as a transgendered individual. Transitioning is crucial for me. I was doing a bit of research, and I can understand how the issues we deal with can cause a manic break, therefore making a mentally ill individual even more so. Mental illness definitely runs in my family, so I think being FTM and dealing with the emotional issu…

“Two years ago, a woman named Kathy had a pivotal conversation with her daughter. At the young age of 24, her daughter told her she wanted to transition from being the woman Kathy and her husband had raised into the man she had wanted for so many years to become.” - Patrick Wallace Once a Daughter, Now a Son

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D.O. Cauldwell, M.D. “documented the range, intensity, and terrific flexibility of the American libido at least as well as Alfred Kinsey, but without leaving a comparable trace in the historical record – although he is now recognized as the first person writing in the English language to use the expression “transsexual” which appeared in one of his Sexology articles in 1949. (The neologism already existed in German medical literature, and it is possible he picked it up.) The pamphlets on transsexuality are now among the rarest items by Cauldwell. In 2001, the peer-reviewed International Journal of Transgenderism devoted a special issue to Cauldwell, reprinting some of his…

“I was born in 1983. I don't know of what particular relevance this specific is, except to think back to what things were like then. A few things were, in my opinion, better, like the quality of vacuous pop music. I'll take Lipps Inc. over Justin Bieber any day, even if he does come with k.d. lang's stamp of approval. The ratio between pay and productivity was better, though the government of the day was doing what it could about that small equity. And we had a much cooler prime minister here in Canada. And some things were, obviously, worse, the most glaring ones to me being the Internet and tolerance. Not only did people tend to have far less understanding, decency, and…

“When it comes to identities, we in The Community seem to have enough to spare. Part of the problem is the assumptions that everyone makes. I would like to take some time to discuss something directly that I have mentioned in a variety of different stories- that is the difference between being transgender, transsexual and intersexual.” - Bridgette P. LaVictoire Thoughts On Sex, Gender And Transcending In The LGBT Community

“Juliet Jacques reports on the 'Real Life Experience' living as a woman required by medical professionals before she can set a date for gender reassignment surgery” - Juliet Jacques A transgender journey

Several months ago, I was asked to be a gues speaker to a primarily Gay group that lives at a Senior citizen facility. I accepted the invitation without question . First, I see these people in several situations outside of the center all the time . second , I want to help bridge shall we say, some of the "Fear " some gays have of us . I'm also tired of the portrayal some of the media has of us too. It was decided to have a Panel dicussion and to have a question and answer session on being Transgnder . Also , I'm to find out what prospective Tennants might wish to have avalible to them in a semi assisted living enviorment . This is a sincere question being asked by t…

The "Trans Dating" section has some info but it looks like a huge ad for TVTSDating.com. I know the ad revenue helps keep this site functioning and looking awesome so i'm not saying i have a problem with that. I'm curious what recommendations members have for transgender dating sites? Also anyone have any comments and stories involving dating sites, good or bad? thanks everyone!

I have a background in Genetics. When someone presents as TG at a Gender Identity clinic a blood sample is sent to the nearest Genetics lab to do a karyotype. As far as I am aware our lab has never diagnosed an intersex person through this referral route. Most are picked up by endocrinologists, paediatricians and fertility clinics. Intersex conditions are not very common. Yet reading through the various boards it appears a number of TG contributors legitimise their being transgendered by applying the term intersex to describe themselves. But they offer no evidence this was ever clinically diagnosed. It worries me. It does a disservice to those genuinely suffering from…

I had an interesting chat today with someone from Personnel regarding me coming to work dressed according to my inner perspective. It appears that TS are very easy to manage in the sense that one day they appear as one gender, the next day in their new gender role. Changes such as name changes, new ID badges, and so on, can be easily implemented. A TG defies that easy rule, because every day could be different. I never feel very masculine or manly, and when I pretend to be manly (grr, beats chest) it's very comical. It is also insightful, in that being manly doesn't come easily to me. I really have to work at it. I digress. I can be somewhat more masculine one day, more…

I am a bit dumbfounded by it all. I mean the labels we use to describe ourselves: TS, TV, TG, CD, trans, genderqueer, etc. The nice young doctor asked me what I described myself as. Would I call myself a transvestite? No, I said, I am seeking a referral to an expert to find out what I am. If you need a description, transgender will do, I said. And that is why I post in this section of these boards, rather than in the cross-dresser section, or the transsexual section. Whilst I recognise the cross-dresser and the transsexual in me, I don't feel I am wholly one or the other.

I am the mother of a 16 year old MTF transgender daughter. We are relocating to SF from the south, and I need recommendations on safe, open, accepting high schools. Thanks :)