General Transgender Discussion

I was informed today that the Fan Free Clinic , Ricmond Virginia's only gender clinic will no longer be allowed to have ANY patient who has even a MODICUM of health care . This includes me who has medicare . I'm looking for a Gender doctor referal . I'll take anything in any direction 100 miles from Richmond .............

Hi Everyone. Not sure if any of you have heard of peer support or of respite centers. It's an alternative to psych hospitalization. The person that started this is a dear friend of mine. She has been asked to come up with new ideas to deal with the transgender community in different states and has asked for my help. I can tell her about experiences I know of. Would like others input also. the questions being...if you are a trans person, just starting your journey, What kind of support would you need? What could someone say or how could they talk to you that would help? If you are a person that has been transitioning for a while...and still dealing with hardship...what wou…

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…

Neither Man Nor Woman: Meet the Agender New York Magazine The social network has become an unofficial home for the gender neutral. Though most group themselves with the transgender community, they reject the narrative of a person born into the wrong, oppositely-gendered body... I found this to be a very interesting article... Gender neutral folks who are alternately called agender or gender neutrois. ~ Lori

dont know where i fit into the scheme of things. i have been dressing since about age 6 or 7 even had the girls putting nail polish on me then lol. i have never been able to put off the dressing or the fact that i seem to have the wrong body. i have been able to put off things for periods of time getting rid of everything just to buy it all again. did the boy thing joined the marine corps got out married divorced kids but now seems to be more intense than ever any advice or hel would be nice

15 min phone call with a local Va hosp that provides care for the LGBT , complete transfer of care and records with in 20 min and appt set for Monday and even a female doc along with a support group etc......down side it is a hour drive vs the 15 min drive from where i am at to other one.. but so worth it as it turns out my current doc has had others patiences (spelling) leave to seek care where i am going , even said my current doc is a .................. but ether way this gal is happy now step 2 of my journey is now starting along with step 3 folllowing soon... all i can really say is that Nicole is one happy and excited woman right now.

All i can say is i never felt so welcome and treated as a female before in my life with my new doctor she made sure all my referrals where sent and double checking everything for me with no run around , yes i am talking about a Va hosp. so now i can say everything is started with medically for my transition so that other stuff my follow soon after , id cards, birth cert etc.... but in due time for that , at least now it is started , i am so excited

Hi all! , My name is Lauren and I am brand new here. I am 36 from Alabama I am married my wife is unaccpting to me being TG.I also have 2 children. I am here to learn and make friends. I have been on hormones for a year now. Nice to meet you all! Bye Ya'll, Lauren

Hi everyone, I am new to this group and just wanted to say hi. I am trying to sort out my life as far as being a cd or a ts. It has been a long 55 years for me and i wonder if it was all wrong. At any rate I hope to learn a lot from this group. Thanks, Robyn

Hello everyone, My name is Angie and I'm a brand new member here. I wanted to interduce myself and say hi to one and all. I am a pre-op transgendered mtf woman from Idaho. I'll be working on doing some sort of profile, and getting my picture up here some where as soon as I get it all figured out. I look forward to talking with all of you here and becoming very involved with this site wishing you all a wonderful day hugs ~Angie~

Hello to all on the forum, my name is Lisa and I'm new on this forum. I am very excited to meet new people here.

Hi! Everyone, Over the weekend I decided to try my hand at blogging.My first entry is quite long.Their letters I wrote along time ago and sent over the web back when I first wrote them. I should have separated them into several entries but I didn't and I hope to get better at it as I go along. Dee

Hi. I am new to the board and just wanted to say Hello. I am TG and don't see anyway to transition or "come out" with out hurting others. I am married and have two precious girls I couldn't bare to see hurt. I think one reason I got married was I thought it would "cure me". Ha. Before I got married I was under going electrolysis and working on my figure. I feel myself going back in time trying the same things "without electrolysis". DOES IT EVER END? I just wish I could atleast dress and lay back fem for one whole day. Seems impossible these days.

Hi everyone. Just found this site the other day. I'm mtf, began my transition 12/09 and things are finally starting to show. Just took the big step yesterday of telling HR at work. Not quite ready to have them go out and tell everyone just yet, but the times getting close. Anyways, I would love to meet other girls around the NYC area who would like to chat, maybe get together sometime etc. I'm a great listener and fairly bright (so i tell myself.)

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.

Hi everybody! Happy New Year. It's a new year where new goals can be set. We expect this year to be better for many reasons. Last year may have been good or it may have been bad. We can't do anything about last year; we can only move ahead. I pray that in 2010 your goals and dreams will be met. Gennee :)

:) In the spirit of the holiday, here's a few questions about a longtime tradition. Have you made any New Year's Resolutions? Are you planning to? Have you ever? What's the longest time you stuck to a resolution? What do you think the most common New Year's Resolution is? Annie

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 …

Hi, Diana from Milan, TN. My partner and i start my HRT journey in July. Finally becoming the woman from within. We are hoping to find other Transwomen, or Transmen to befriend. We are a normal couple, she is cis gendered a female. We have jobs, own our home, have normal lives. Do not do drugs, maybe a wine cooler now and then.. Really hoping fo find other transwomen or transmen to befriend. We dont know any other LGBTQ in the area..seems closest is Memphis or Nashville…Grrr!..If your local or close..contact is..we are looking to make new friends. Also we have tons of questions about HRT..So hoping if we can find another transgender who is under going …

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 don't know if I had posted this topic before on this message board, perhaps it was on another forum? Anyway, the topic is about having my biological name changed to my female transitioning name legally. In the meantime, I had nicely asked my close friends who are aware of my transitioning, to call me by my female name. Recently, my friend and I were eating out at a public place. I was dressed up in women clothing, and Hellene had asked me to flag down the waiter to come over to our table, and then she told him.. "oh he want this, and can you bring him that" meaning me. Hellene said this loud enough, that is caused attention in the restaurant for other ladies to stair …

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.

I know I know it gets a little old talking about boobs but I just wanted to share something. My aereolas are getting wider and lighter in color. I don't have the cone type nipples. They are thick and long. My breasts are round and feel heavy and have some bounce to them. They are not growing in the typical tanner stages. They really look like boobs. If that makes sense.

I have no regrets of purging of my old male clothes.It was back in August I went into my closet and threw every piece of male clothing in boxes and sold it all.I am much happier too seeing them gone for good although I am transitioning.I love my all wardrobe of women's clothing and shoes now and there is no going back.I love to shop for clothes now even more.Been transitioning since August also and things are going good so far.I am loving the changes the estrogen and the male hormone blockers are doing to me.My body is changing and hair is growing out.Noticing the development of my breasts too.My therapist says it is going to change more in the 6th month of my transition,…

Finally the athletic community is addressing the issue of transgender athletes. As a transgender woman most of the time I run in my women athletic clothing. I have take herbals for over three years now and now need to wear a bra and have a softer trim body that fits well in women's cut sports wear. I actually almost look funny in men's cut sports wear. ----- this discussion focus will be on the social and acceptance aspects of the transgender athlete. In my case I never expect to finish SRS but I do feel like more like a woman athlete and do wish to complete at least as non-binary in future sporting events.