General Transgender Discussion

Being that transgendered people look to alter there lives to match what truly lies within, coming out is a must. It is probably the hard and scariest thing for anyone to do. So with that said, to anyone that is reading this who did you first come out to. Why do you chose that person over others? Sorry that I can't contribute to my own topic. I have yet to come out to anyone. ^_^

Hi Everyone, Has anyone bought or used a home laser hair removal device such as TRIA or Rio Scanning both sold on Ebay? I would like to hear your opinion about. thank you!

It's a curious thing this state called Life. We undergo a great many things in it, some good, some bad, and some a little of both, but never in my years has it ever been easy, never has it been handed over just because I was told "oh you deserve it", do I what did I ever do to deserve something I never worked for. I was born by the skin of my teeth, I was never meant to make it full term because of blood compatibility with my mother, but hay I showed death up I was born, then at age two due to allergic reactions to dairy I almost. Died again, almost drown at age six, attempted suicide more times then I care to admit, born into a life of poverty few know I…

NAZI ANTI-JEWISH SPEECH VS. RELIGIOUS RIGHT ANTI-GAY SPEECH: Are They Similar? Jews Control Everything Gays Control Everything Jews 1% of population: control politics, world opinion, NYC, & have lots of money "At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Jews sit at the junction of the world financial markets. They are an international power. Although only one per cent of the world's population, with the help of their capital, they terrorize the world stock exchanges, world opinion, and world politics. New York is today the center of Jewish power." - Nazi propaganda film, "The Eternal Jew," http://www.holocaust-history.org/der-ewige-jude/stills.s…

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…

I went and asked my pastor my gender confusion. Has been very comforting and compassionate toward me. He brought up some good questions for me to think about so I will post it here. "what is truly masculine and truly feminine" Is it all about clothing and feelings and emotion? Could it be possible that the goal for all human beings is to understand that these to areas of a personality are ok possesed partially in both sexes and that the only real problem is when we repress them? When we join with another human being that compliments us there can also be this sense of fulfillment and completeness. Could it be that many of us feel isolated and alone and …

Found this video on Youtube, meant to be one of these hypnotherapy things "Your Feminine Self" Rather entertaining, would help if you listened to it during your sleep.

Ever since I came across Brynn Tannehill's "I Am Real" speech to the 2014 TransPride Pittsburgh National Conference I've been a huge supporter of her and greatly appreciate her articles. Here's a new one recently published on Huff Post: Seven Facts About Gender You Should Know

I'm currently in the process of getting my name changed. I was wondering if changing my last name as well would be a good idea too. The reason I'm wondering about it is because I'm considering the opinion of going stealth and naturally I don't want people finding out information about my male pass that could be damaging to me. I just wondering what would be recommended to do in a case like this.

To the mods: I posted this in another forum, but I think it may be helpful to some so maybe it will get more traffic here. Want to stop? I'm sure you have all been there. What is this crossdressing thing really about? Perhaps I can shine a little light on the subject and share some of the insights I recently stumbled upon. What it comes down to is: What do you really want? You have to be willing to be honest with yourself. Be willing to look beneath the surface and really want to see what is there. There is a reason why you crossdress. You believe it will make you happier or bring you closer to peace. That's the bottom line. That's what everybody on earth…

I’m so new to this forum , I’ve tried breast enhancing supplements online but have had no improvement just soreness?

:) 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

Hi! Everyboby, Just thought I'd stop and make a quick post.I hope everyone is doing well.Well,spring will be here soon,thank God.I'm ready for the cold weather to go away.I'm more likely to get out more just like everyone else.I'm not going to say I have plans for this spring and summer cause everytime I make plans it seems things always fall through so I'm just gonna hope for now that things work out. I'm still here reading posts and glad to see things working out for everyone.Society is slow but it's learning diversity isn't a bad thing.Since society is trying to get itself together maybe it'll wise up for good this time,let's hope.Take care.

PLEASE SHARE YOUR TRANSGENDER HORROR STORIES Here is mine... Reading several posts on the message board got me thinking about one of my own horror stories of the past. I should preface this by saying almost all of my experiences have been either positive or neutral, but this one was incredibly destructive for me. In the 1970's, when I was in my early teens, I struggled with my gender identity. This was pre-Internet and polite families simply didn't discuss transsexualism. Religious families such as my own had no tolerance whatsoever. I didn't know I was transsexual. I had never heard the term and I frankly didn't know there was anyone else in the world who wante…

I saw a topic named this and wanted to respond, but then realized it was in the F2M forum. So I decided to make an analogous topic for M2Fs: How far do you plan to transition ultimately? For me, I've already had a bilateral orchiectomy and started HRT. However, I haven't been presenting as female in real life yet. I'm just taking things one step at a time. Going all the way with FFS and SRS would be a possibility for me, although first I have to figure out what my ultimate goals are. I like to be female in social situations, but I think being a male in professional situations is an advantage.

i started dating a trans girl earlier this year. We really hit it off and had many things in common. It was a really great relationship until we became serious. I wont go into details but i think im done with dating until after surgery. Besides, i think my hrt is sorta getting me into being attracted to men now. Stay away from relationships until after transition. not worth the pain.

Long story short I have gender dysphoria. It was interesting but disturbing seeing just how much I have in common mentally with transgendered people. It seems I've taken an unusual or unheard of path however. Complete transition just sounds too dangerous what with all the bigots out there, legally changing gender while not having an extremely rare type of family /etc/... So even though I identify as very feminine in personality, I masquerade as gender neutral. Trying to do what I can to be somewhat passable without getting completely screwed over if I'm discovered. This means no buying appearance altering products which may be suspicious, no going to doctors for anything …

I hope you understand, this is a very real question for me. For example, today I was thinking about telling my son that I am transgender. He's 30, and I imagjne him saying, "Okay, what's that mean?" To which I'd say something about my always feeling not entirely "with it" in the masculine role, envying girls and women, wishing I'd been born one, etc. I don't think he'd get it. Or last week, my wife and I had a meeting with my therapist. She asked me, "What do you feel, that you know you're transgender?" I told her that is a hard question to answer. If I say I feel like a woman "inside," what does that really mean? I said that I feel I'm more emotional, sensitive, and e…

I really really really don't mean any disrespect. I'm not calling anyone a coward. I don't mean to advocate any politcal action. <--- That's my disclaimer. In short: I can't. I refuse. I resist. I spent too much time worrying, about what everyone else thinks, to leave any of *my* places just because my prior history there is "as a man." The people in my life will either comply with their obligations based on our shared social contract (lubricated by my very polite and respectful behavior) or suffer the consequences. The exact nature of these consequences will depend greatly upon the nature of my relationship to the person in question, but will be there …

I just saw this picture: www.divideby0.com/photos/2002-Anime-Expo/pics/DSCN1221.JPG and I thought, hmm, the girl on the right doesn't have that much of a figure, yet there's no question that she's a girl. I'm 36-32-37 myself and I wonder if my waist is 4 inches too large. After seeing that, I wonder, maybe my figure is okay?

My Dear Friends, Today I have been the victim of adult bullying. What is embarrassing about it is that it was a senior lady picking on a 57 year old woman (me). Have also had a woman in her 50's pick on me while waiting for the bus in front of my building and a young man about 20 years my junior (30's) at a bus stop. Do not think that there is anything about my appearance or behavior that is "weird," BUT, I DO look like a Lesbian (which I am) and have a deep voice. Have grown my hair long and modified my dress to fit in better in a conservative (country folk) town. Have lived in NYC for ten years, and never was bullied. Now I live in a small town the last three years.…

You came here hoping to what? Learn something or be rolled in sugar and told how great you are. Well tell me, why are you here Are you in need of truthful answers or softball regergitated platitudes like all the other LGBT sites. Can you handle being told the cold realities about Life, Death and everything in between, including and not limited to truth about Transition in the real world. I want, no I need to know .

Is it just me or is 90% of the chatroom on this website full of fakes? Last week I decided to log onto the chat site and see if i can expand the number of friends I have. I currently belong to another site and we hang out in real life and just have a good time. So I figured it would be kinda the same here. WOW was I WRONG. I developed a really refine sense of trandar since coming out. I know this sounds shallow but I can spot a fake when someone is chatting with me in no time. It's the way they handle themselves in chat and the things they say that keeps me guarded. Then they will PM me. I dont mind PMs but the fake ones always talk about how their "sexy cloth…

I recently read an article saying soy can indeed produce higher levels of estrogen within men leading to a more curvy body and thinner muscular build when conformed to a heavily soy-dependent diet. Upon further review, I read that OTHER scientists say no, soy has no effect on men estrogen wise in any way noticeable. I was wondering if anyone had any info on this? Id love to find out as Ive only had a few soy products like tofuerky and 'boca burgers' and although never bought them myself, I loved the taste. I'm not one who has the clearance to go about attaining hormones of any type and the idea of growing breasts makes me leery as Im not sure I want ANY like definite …

So, let's have at it. You all know what I think...