General Transgender Discussion

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

I am sorry in Advance is this is rambled and long winded, and I thank those who took the time to read it and respond. The truth of the matter is I am lost. I am a 26 year old male who is outta shape to begin with, I have zero confidence in myself these days which I believe to be in relation to certain events of my high school days. When I was young probably around 12 years old my Dad told the family he was a CrossDresser so my exposure to this world happened fairly early in life, my Family all accepted him for it and that was pretty much it. But at the start of grade 10 we moved Cities and I had to leave my life behind and go to a new school, and I am a shy o…

"A gay dissident and a transsexual woman married on Saturday in what was said to be a first for Cuba, then draped themselves in the rainbow flag of gay pride and rode through the streets of Havana... the wedding, held on Fidel Castro's 85th birthday in what the couple had called a "gift" to the former leader, was aimed at advancing homosexual rights in Cuba..." Read the article: Gay man marries transsexual woman in Cuban first

Hello, I am seeing a doctor about hormone therapy. I was just looking for confirmation about the hormones because I am getting conflicting hormone regimen plans. I see a lot of sites that say to just use Estradiol and Spiro, and some sites say to use ALL of these: Estradiol, an Estradiol patch, Spiro and Finasteride, and only 10 days worth of MedroxyP. I have confided in another MtF. She recommends just Estradiol and Spiro. Just wondering if I used ALL the above if I will see faster results...not in particular breast development, but overall changes to my body. Thank you so much for any information you can give. Emily

Good afternoon - First of all, let me say what a great resource this forum is! Thank you for having me. I am a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist working in New York and am the clinical director of the NYU Child Study Center Gender and Sexuality Service (NYU CSC Gender and Sexuality Service). At our program, we see kids as young as 3 or 4 all the way up to young adults in their 20's. As a huge part of our work, we feel it is our responsibility as physicians and psychiatrists to dispel the misinformation in the field and the community at large about gender variance. I think that as a field we have made tremendous strides in the last few years, and I'm happy …

Hello everyone, I realize this isn't a novel topic and plenty has been written about it from a number of perspectives. I thought it wouldn't hurt to add one more. Let me begin by saying that I'm a 43-year-old heterosexual male. I'm not dealing with any gender identity issues. I'm not secretly gay or bisexual. I am attracted to women and I am attracted to women who have a penis (although I'm not interested in having a penis inside me). I consider myself to be a normal, healthy person. I'm well educated, mannered, attractive and have had a number of serious, long-term relationships including a 15-year marriage and other meaningful relationships. I was inspire…

Hi, I am very apprehensive. I have just sent an email to my mother telling her I am gay. Now I am hiding in the corner waiting for the backlash. I think my Mom is cool this way, but I cannot be sure until she responds, I hope this goes well.

To start with my name is Del. I tend not to use screen names but rather my real one. In a sense I guess I believe in being honest and upfront. I do understand how others may choose a screen name being stealth or whatnot. To begin I am not transgender. I am cisgender. I am also a licensed and ordained evangelist that posts mainly in the Christianity section of Susan's Transgender Forums. In case you're wondering why a cisgender minister is here you don't have to worry. I'm no transgender chaser or out to convert or heal anyone. I merely found at Susan's that the Christian section had people that loved the Lord where in many cases I found the cisgender Christians had th…

Trying again to say hello. Hope everyone is well. Again I've never been on any forum before and hope to make some good friends on here. I'm pretty easy-going and quiet. I don't consider myself a great writer or a great mind and I think my original message was taken a little out of context. I very much find Pre-op TG's very attractive but also completely love girls too. I live in Leeds in the UK and I'm off out with a friend tonight to see the Ladyboys of Bangkok. Have no idea what to expect. I'll speak more about myself as I get more confident on here....!!! Andy x

I had signed up here years ago. But because of a wicked bad break up I lost the computer and was without internet connection till about 2 months ago. I found you guys again via twitter. Yay! So I'm Devin 35 living in tx. Been on T for almost 6 years. I have a new wonderful supportive g/f and live is stressful but good! I enjoy meeting and chatting with new people and reconnecting with old friends. I only have internet thru my phone so I may be a little slow responding to posts and commenting on topics but I will certainly try! Ya can find me on twitter and fb too. Hope everyone is having a good day and looking forward to a nice weekend!

I am looking for a doctor that is TG friendly in CT. Thanks

I know its been around a while but I'd never seen it until now. I was SO angry. If you aren't sure the commercial, here it is. http://youtu.be/C9LTRbWsGOI Just WHAT THE **** were they trying to prove with this commercial? What does a girl "dressing in camo and hoodies" and "building a car garage out of blocks" have to do with how well your washing machine cleans stains, so that you can put your little girl in "the pink clothes"??? I'm just... very pleased to see the vast majority of dislikes on this video on YouTube. I'm glad most people can see how "binary enforcing" this really is. So just a note... after talking about this with everyone I noticed that i…

HRT starting this week....Hope I don't have any issues.......will keep you posted... Love and hugs.....Pink.........Maybe I should change it to Caroline.......that is the name I will go with going forward...... Caroline.....the pink Koala

Was just thinking about this today. When I was living as the female bodied person I was born, I lived for many years, in and out of the psych ward for suicide attempts. Always having friends and family that were there. Years ago, I started my transition, knowing that for me, it was a matter of life or death. Today, I write, having transitioned to the point where everyone sees me as a man and all my gender markers have been changed. In the process, I lost the friends and family. I am greatful that I can now live my life as me, but I just have a hard time dealing with all the loss. I am at a place where, if I can find the courage, I can restart my life. A place wher…

Hey guys, My name is Natalie, I'm 20 years old, a student for Management Information Systems and Cyber Crime Investigation with a Web Presence emphasis. I'm gender variant and currently going through some pretty hard times with accepting who I am, but it's up and down. I have an awesome boyfriend(ish), and we are working through different sexuality and gender identity issues together and our relationship is (thankfully) strengthening because of it. I'm not really "out" quite yet, only a few people know that I'm gender variant and not a tom boy, but I'm working on it. Gotta accept myself before I expect others to, right? Well anyway, that's a short bit about myself, …

I’m typing away here right now when I really should be working ... anyways; I’m here because I was curious about a particular thread that seems to have been removed. It was one which was filled with anger and hurt. These are emotions which all of us (I’m looking at it from the male to female perspective) here are familiar with. We all come here to look for a sort of Kinship or pointers on where and what to do next. It’s nice to feel “we’re not alone”. It’s hard however to embrace all that grace these digital pages ... when someone barrels in with "pistols blazin'" it’s not necessarily easy to open arms to hotheadedness. But behind all that anger there is usually an equall…

Hey hey I am now an advanced member. Is that the coolest ever, sly. Way cool

I have had a few crying jags of late. Last week, it was about a female coworker with a sore on her arm. This week, I'm not really suret what it was over. It just kind'a happened. I am not really concerned. I just wanted to say this is happening to me. Sometimes, I feel really good about it afterwards. This is the worst Haiku ever. I see something bad, I take it to me I cry, I shed tears My tears, they do good At least, I hope so I see something good I take it to me I cry, I shed tears My tears, they do good I like to think so I cry, the wind blows I take it to me I cry, I shed tears My tears, they do good I know not where, how

:) I am finally free to feel these special feelings I have had all my life. All my life I have had I guess one could say a very different set of emotions a man usually has. I'm not gay. I believe the kinda of attraction I have emotionally, psychologically, and physically is to the kind of love I think only a TS woman can give. Along time ago I saw a movie about a young soldier whom walked into this restaurant, and the kind of attraction that occurred between him and the TS girl was like love at first sight; It had all the special chemistry one would hope for in a first meeting. Anyway , they fell in love , and even after he found out she was not a quote " woman " physiol…

Quite often, we "older ones," and those who've been down the transition road will advise people looking to begin their journey, or just questioning their gender, that they should seek out therapists experienced in gender identity, GID, and TG/TS issues. While this is very good advice, perhaps hearing it (reading it) from a therapist will drive the point home. I happened to run across a piece written by one, in which he wrote... Many of my clients both online and off have referred to me as a "friend" at some point in our work together. I cannot think of a better compliment. However, though I am a good guy and a good therapist, you certainly would not want to ask me fo…

Ok..........I just came out to my first person ever.......I don't mean I'm gay (that too) but I mean the whole CD TG thing. No one shot me or beat me or made me write bad checks............That last part was a joke. I told my roommate. I came into the room with my short denims and shaved legs and said........ By the way........she is an ex lover. Obviously, after her response, she is still a friend. It went very well. We had a very long conversation afterwords......about a lot of things....not just me coming out. I want to laugh and cry and sob. I am relieved. Now I don't have to try and hide this when I live in the same house with someone. In f…

I live with an old girl friend. We are not the least bit romantic at this point, but we are good friends. She rents a couple of rooms in my home. She wants to babysit for extra cash. She got some replies pretty quickly off of craig's list and invited the people over. We live in the mid west. She thinks it would be totally unacceptable to introduce me as her landlord (because we live in the same house) and people would not be accepting of this.. So, she introduces me as her fiance. This is not something new. She has done this several times when she thought it would suit appearances. I have told her that honesty is the best policy, but she refuses to listen. …

Warning....Some of this is pretty honest Your only doing this beause........... You hate the male lifestyle.......Honey, you are right.............I do hate the male lifestyle..........I hate beer, NASCAR, sports, being macho and........the list is a lot longer......I have never identified with any of it. You hate girls........Honey, you are so right.........girls are self centered little .......wait .......Now I am downing myself.......This is actually a pretty complex subject..........I do not wan't to be your hero.....I do not wan't to cater to your ego....I do not wan't to have sex with you, I do not enjoy it...so sorry. You are just doing it for the exc…

I present to you........ Lotion Skin and touch I remember me short shorts and tight blouse glowing skin and soft Sensuality The days, work so long The nights, can be good They can be very bad I caress myself I forget the days I want to be me I desire the strong I want to be love I long to be held I want want and sigh

I'm not transgendered, but I am a young lesbian who has been dating a girl for a little over a year. My girlfriend recently confessed to me that she feels more like a boy trapped in a girl's body. She said she doesn't necessarily want surgery, since she wouldn't have a 'functional' penis, in her words. She wishes very much that she was born a boy, but doesn't really believe that she could become one. I always had a feeling that she felt like she was actually male, well before we started talking about it, but I still have some conflicting feelings. It isn't that I'm having trouble accepting transgender people. I always try to be open minded towards all identities, and …