General Transgender Discussion

I usually just lurk, but I guess I'm posting this because I don't really have anywhere else to write it. Recently, my car got keyed with the message "TRANNYS SUCK". I'm 95% certain it was the doing of my younger brother (who, bless his little soul, is now in juvenile detention for other things he did that evening). Currently, I have painted hearts over it in acrylic paint (I don't have enough money to have it professionally fixed - he got both my doors on the driver's side). Because of it, I was pretty much forced to "come out" to the rest of my family (funny thing was, I never actually told my brother), which I wasn't really prepared to do. It just has me par…

well today I went to my Doctor and had a big talk to him about my feelings and how I am TG, and he said he was very happy for me that i've finally been able to tell him and he gave me a referal to a psychiatrist to go and see :-D :-D

this post is sorta like a "spin-off" borne of a reply to admin's post in transgender news & happenings about an iranian film - i didn't wanna run discussion about the film off track. from an article Change Sex or Die: ""In Iran," Atrian said, "sex-reassignment surgery has become a lucrative, assembly-line business."" i have made comments in the past that i felt some of the "big name" FTM surgeons in this country are living off their name, the "fame" they earned in the TS world for specific surgeries. in looking at surgery pix at one FTM site, there are little-known and virtually un-known surgeons in other parts of the world who's work is MUCH better, dare i say …

Hello, I go by the name, Melody. I am 43yo, confused GID with a wife and 3 kids. When I was about 6 I wore my sister's dress, and loved it. At, 10 I would wear my mother's dresses. By 12, puberty began. I started to notice changes to my body which I did not understand. I thought that my penis was wearing away, and that my vagina would be exposed. I also thought I was growing breasts. I was both excited, and fearful with what everyone would think. I use to feel around for where my vagina was suppose to be. Throughout my teen years, I secretly crossdressed. Then, in my last year of HS, bought my own women's pants and shirt. I actually went to the ma…

I've been asked by someone I've interacted with for years now to provide resources, info, etc and more importantly request others if they may wish to contribute info... this is a UK effort, undertaken by the head of Greater London Domestic Violence Project... in other words, a chance to really make a difference for UK transfolk when it comes to these issues. All too often transfolk are shut out. I've seen results of davina's efforts in DV; a huge drop in UK fatalities from this cause. Those of you in the UK, and everyone for that matter... thoughts, ideas, whatever is welcome. From davina's email to me... Quote ...have managed to secure some funding to produc…

Hi all, I am just curious, how did people come out to their parents. I am really worried about it because I am not sure how they will react. my dad especially comes from a very Conservative background.

All of this addoration men have for me on some of the dating sites is causing more problems than before.The experiences i have had from emails of my profiles on a few web sites is like i thought of myself as this sex goddess they seem to think i am.Hundreds of email admirers should be given to a celiberity not me.Why I see why sex goddess feel now and the image men protray them as. but you know i can barely meet any man face to face with a date to meet and see or feel the mystery of if we have chemistry or not. I am obessed with all their complements .but keep trying for a man even for short time and it is work. What advice could you give me? :(

Seeking a TG Events Volunteer at TGGuide I can't seem to keep up with transgender events. There are plenty of them occurring all around the world such as Gender Odyssy 2008 and Southern Comfort Conference (both happening in the next month or so). If someone would like to volunteer to search transgender events out and post them on our calendar I will be happy to set you up to administer the TGGuide calendar. It is all web based so no special knowledge is necessary, although familiarity with the search engines and how to conduct very basic online research will be helpful. Send me a private message or post here if you're interested. Lori

It pays a decent amount more than my last job. It will be nice to finally get things moving again. I haven't told them I'm a transsexual yet, and will tell them on friday when I start... Any ideas on a friendly way to disclose this to them?

I used to have friends from every shade of the rainbow, butch gay males, fem gay males, stone butch lesbians, fem lesbians, and a few bisexuals for good measure....but once I came out about being trans they turned against me, called me a traitor and in a few cases physically attacked me.... I now only have 2 gay friends left, and even they get snarky with me for being trans. Did this happen to anyone else? Jay

THIS MESSAGE FOR OUR MESSAGE FORUM WAS RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. I HAVE POSTED IT IN ITS ENTIRETY. IT'S VERY NICE THAT LOGO CHANNEL IS REACHING OUT TO US. Hi there! I saw your fantastic site for the transgendered community. You are offering a lot of information, which is great! I wanted to let you know about some shows that we offer here at Logo that may be of interest to your users. Since many people still do not receive our channel, we have created the opportunity to rent these shows and videos on DVD. Some of our transgendered titles include: Transamerican Love Story: A trans-dating show, starring Calpernia. Similar to The Bachelor, but stars a beauti…

Hello, and greetings to all! I'm a young newly transitioned FTM. I've never really met any others in the wide world of gender issues, and I was hoping to just have a place to come chat sometimes. To get the ball rolling- I'm currently on testo therapy weekly, I got all my legal documents changed and I'm engaged to be married. There, that's me in a nut shell. SO...how's it going one and all? Jay

i am in voice training, i am intersex which may be the problem but every so oftern my voice slips from male to female, i always get the omg coment but i never seem to hear what my female voice sounds like nor do i know i even do it, sometimes my voice goes like mini mouse and will stick for several hours and as much as i try it wont budge ,does any one know why and what can i do to keep my fem voice and stop the high pitch squeel thank you stefanie

Best wishes for your birthday and the year ahead. =D

Hi everyone. I have been very busy socially for the last few weeks seems non stop just thought you might like to see some photos I had done along with many other women like me for a calender we are putting together.was a great fun day and only cost £20 each that included proffesional make up artist. Just a few for you to see if you want to see the rest they are here Photos of the Calender shoot Hope you enjoy :)

Hi, I'm misty. I'm 44 years old and started hormones three months ago, low dose for the first two months, than ramped them up to an average dose for a month now. After about ten days on "low dose" my skin got soft and I started to smell sweet. After three weeks my legs got a little bigger,not much but look more girly like. I expected when I went on the "high dose" changes would happen, maybe I'm just impashent, haven't seen or felt any change, only a tiny bit more fat on my butt and legs. My breasts haven't grown any, haven't felt any tingling in them yet. How long did it take for you girls to start seeing breast growth?Did your breasts tingle? How long did it take for th…

I've been outside into the great unknown.... See normally i don't have the guts to venture out in the car when i put women's clothes on.... But last friday i had some problems with my car and eventually it started so i had to go for a drive, i couldn't just put it back where it goes because that would've been worse for it. So, here are some of the photos i took on friday night from my phone, and one from the camera before i went out

i just started my transition in april and the summer is now here is there any advice any one could give me to help me be able to hide that little problem i have so i can just wear a swim suit and not a shirt and shorts on top any advice would help thank you kayanna trinity

I am mad at myself. I have had this lumpy, rollypolly, extremely gross wad of waist fat that i promised myself I would lose in time for summer. well guess what, it aint gone, not even a small amount of the wad is gone. i have had some stress, i currently have one of my sweet rescue dogs in final stage kidney disease, i love her so much, she is not ready to be put down but i know it is coming. so i soothe myself with food, what an ass i am. i know dang well that me stuffing my face isnt going to help with her kidneys, so why do i do it. I am hopeless. So here it is getting beautiful outside, sunny and 70's, baseball games, vacations, and i had to go to Kohl's and buy…

Hi everyone! My name is Jennifer. I'm 29 years old and I've been living as my true self since Christmas. I guess you could say it was a wonderful Christmas present to myself. It seems that all of my major moments have happened on extraordinary days, but I didn't intend it to be that way. The day that I finally decided that I was going to be true to myself was July 4th. Independence Day now has a much greater significance to me. :)

I just bought my first waist cincher. I'm so excited :-)

Just sometime I'm curious about... does anyone know any cases where more then one child in the same family have transitioned? Or maybe a father and son/daughter?

I read this line recently, written by a transman: I really like that. I feel the same way; I'm a kid at heart too, and I guess you could blame it on the fact that I never went through puberty, but just turned into a Neanderthal. This made me think of Jennifer Diane Reitz's response to a letter someone wrote her on a similar topic: http://transsexual.org/letters30.html So what do you all think? Any of you do anything to make up for your lost childhoods? Are any of you still kids at heart? I'd be interested in hearing other people's thoughts on this.

Hi everyone. just thought I would introduce myself. I'm 23 year old male - Female. I came out yesturday to a friend of mine who is the one who told me about this site. so I hope to get to know everyone here :-) Sorry for the short description, i'm not very good at talking about myself lol

Hello, I hope you all are well. It's been awhile since posting. I've been reading the new postings every day however. Today is the first time I've dressed in a few months. The anti-anxiety medication I'm taking has reduced my 'need' but not my interest in dressing. (BTW, the meds were *not* intended to reduce this interest, I think my anxiety was driving me to find outlets of which this is one) Today while going back to drab before my partner comes home, I began wondering. Am I one of those people who sacrifice large amounts of their individuality to satisfy those around? I usually think of myself as easy to get along with, and willing to accomodate others to k…