Female to Male (FtM) Transsexual Discussion

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BOOKS & MOVIES BOOKS that may be of interest to transmen. Some book titles are links that take the reader to amazon.com. Some will re-direct the Transgender Book & Print Media forum where synopsis and/or news articles on a book can be found. These books can most likely be purchased at any book store. I have only used amazon.com since many are familiar with it. Readers can view excerpts from, and reviews about, each book. And of course today, I'm sure you all know that many books are available in formats other than hardcover, paperback and audio - like Amazon's "Kindle" and B&N's "Nook." ***The books below are books that TGGuide Members have read …

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Especially for the newer guys...and pretty damn convenient for the members who've been here for a while... if any of you are like me, you don't venture too far back in the thread history. and if you do begin, the amount of reading looks daunting at best, so usually it's the latest few threads that get any attention. so, i went back thru the threads here on the FTM forum and looked for threads that may be of interest: What binder FTM Legal, Medical Issues, A little bit of everything Family (dealing with family - experiences of two different guys) I have some questions... How do you know if you're transgendered? that "bulge"?, Question about packing My boyfrie…

Many may question their gender growing up, but never really give it too much in-depth thought. Others will go along [happily] being themselves "because." And in a lot of cases, that they are not the gender they know themselves to be isn't usually an issue until - PUBERTY. Puberty comes skulking around, doing its dastardly deeds on our bodies, making changes we knew were inevitable but chose to ignore. In some cases, we deceived ourselves into thinking these changes would never happen to us...because after all, we know best who we really are, in spite of what other people may believe. Puberty in itself wreaks havoc on many teens. They become rebellious. Some dabble i…

Ok, I've just been puzzling over this in my head and figured I ask (how else am I going to learn?) For those of you who are hetero... do you prefer GG or TG women? Do you like feminine women or more masculine acting? I know there's not just one answer here, but I'm interested in seeing what the people I converse with think! Except Mr. "Run over all the girls"......

Transgender support groups in the United States have been updated. These are listed at http://www.tgguide.com/information.htm Please help us keep this list as current as possible by letting us know if you're aware of others that are not listed or group listings that need to be corrected. Additions or corrections can be submitted by e-mail to webmaster@tgguide.com You may feel free to post support groups outside the United States on this message board. We will most likely use that information to add support groups from other countries when we reach that stage of site development. FEMALE TO MALE TG SUPPORT GROUPS ARE ESPECIALLY WELCOME!

Im at that stage where, I look like a guy convincingly but am still a girl. Whenever I use the womens change rooms at a pool or go to the loo, the girls look in horror and point and stare. It's getting way to embarrasing and I don't want to get confronted by someone about it. What should I do? Is it okay to go the mens toilets if no one sees you? I really don't know what to do.

So, I want to shave, and I don't exactly want to slice my face up by accident lol What do I do? Up or downward strokes? Shaving cream? Where? I know nothing. Teach me please This 'bumfluff' hairs that females have, is well, very female looking and may not be helping me pass, even if it is a tiny issue i guess.. but still. i want it gone. And.. will anyone know that i've shaved? If someone were to touch my face, they would know yes? Anyway.. any advice and help is much appreciated Kevin B)

I recently found out from an FtM I know that even after being on T for a long time, he still has periods of a sort. I guess it's logical that of you still have ovaries, you can have a period, but this is not something I have ever thought about, so I was kind of taken by surprise. I mean this guy has a male voice, pimples and the beginnings of a beard. What kind of experience do you guys have?

I am being FORCED to get hair extentions. How screwed up is that?! yea, my mom says that my hair looks and i quote " disgusting". And it's not even in the least bit masculine, it's one of those hidious femme short cuts. now may be a good time to introduce myself to the forums. my name is JC, i am a FtM, i am quite young 15 to be exact.

I have been revealing in my new found identity with packing and asking people to call me by a different name and binding. I have loved it. What I did not see coming was that summer meant swimming and bathing suits. I love swimming. I live near both a pool and the ocean and I love playing with my kids. I taught swimming for several years during high school and college. I just do not know what to do. I have literally no women’s clothes left that I wear. NONE. What the heck do you guys do to go swimming? I can’t pack and I can not bind. I feel so exposed. I hope some one has some ideas. Christopher :o

After searching on google for a bit I found a link that I thought I would share with everyone looking to get a more masculine haircut! Haircuts for Men Good luck! -Brayden

So yesterday WAS a good day! I got the letter from BlueCross BlueShield saying they are going to cover top surgery costs!!!!!!!!!! Yay. :lol:

FINALLY. After agonizing over it... going to someone who DEFINATELY didn't want to cut it... I did it!! And am happy with the results. Even though my dad had a small freak-out over it. So! Happy Holidays!

in the FTM Contacts, a thread was begun by a lesbian looking to meet FTMs for freindship and "possible more." [sic] this naturally morphed into a debate that branched into several directions...sorta like a bramble bush - all over the place... LOL. but i digress. this "contact" thread had been dormant for quite sometime when a rather intriguing statement was made. well...intriguing to me. might be to others...dunno. so i brought the statement here to the discussion area to see what comes of it. read on ....

I am a Lesbian and i would like to know where i can meet F2M, for friendship and possible more. I live in Va. Southwest. But i now there has to be some place some where. Is there a Website???

I was quite taken aback when I read this article today. The reporter writes many lesbians feel very betrayed when some or any of them try to make their female to male transsexual dreams become a reality. I have been, for as long as I can remember, very sympathetic with gay and lesbian people and I still am. In fact as a male to female transsexual, I have many lesbian desires and would love to become intimately involved, as a female with other females. However, in reading this article it is very disappointing how many lesbians speak out so strongly against female to male transsexuals who were lesbians. I have to say, of all people who seek tolerance and merit full t…

No matter how much I try, even in my least gender dysphoric moments, I am never able to achieve orgasm from genital stimulation. It's not difficulty orgasming - anal stimulation works. I have minimal sexual feeling in my genitalia (even my clitoris). In other words, not only does my female body not fit my gender identity, it doesn't seem to even work. Is this normal for transmen? Do you think this is caused entirely by my gender dysphoria? Do you think there's an actual physical aspect to it (fewer nerves there, maybe?) Another thing is, even though my genitalia have some sexual feeling, just not enough to attain orgasm, my breasts have absolutely none.

Umm... Hi. My name is Alex. Well, I have a few questions. I'm female. If I were to get an operation and (for lack of better words,) get a penis, would I be able to feel everything? What I mean is; During sexual intercorse, would I feel what other males (who were born male) feel? Would it be any different? Like the sensations, intensity of it, ect? Oh, and this is probably a stupid question, but would I be able to ejaculate? And would anyone happen to know what the sucess rate of the FTM (Female to Male) operation is? I heard it is a lot risker than a MTF operation. Sorry if the questions didn't make complete sense. I couldn't think of any better ways to …

There is a TV in the foyer at work, often showing our own company's adverts, but as I was leaving work the other day it was tuned in to Sky News (What would be Fox News over in the US I Guess) - Anyway they were running a story of a 'pregnant man' and showed a picture of him... As the story develpoed the reporter said something like* "He was once a woman, and when he made his change he kept his internal organs and now claims he is pregnant" *I maybe not be word perfecy here but this was the tone of what was reported. Since then I've not beeen able to find any mention of this story on-line. I don't even know which country it was in. It did seem very strange t…

Yesterday I decided I was going to send an e-mail to my Great-Aunt, Grandma, Step-Grandma, and Grandpa. I have gotten two responses so far. Both were surprisingly kind and accepting. They are as follows: Great-Aunt: Hi there: I was sitting - drinking tea - and had stayed home today to rest and make some jewelry. I'm not surprised by your email, and very much appreciate the clarification on these many issues. I only had limited knowledge and/or understanding of some things you'd been dealing with around all of this. (And, without a second's hesitation I love you!!! - regardless of this or anything) I guess I got in on the generation that first started to exp…

I want to get the opinion of other FTM's on this. I'm 29, I've never had sex and never really been comfortable with the idea. When I first discovered I was trans, I thought this must be because of the gender dysphoria - makes perfect sense, right? Except that I'm getting to the point in my transition now (on T 2 years, had chest surgery) where that's not an excuse anymore... All of the FTM's I know are comfortable enough with themselves by this time to have sex, and none of them are virgins. In fact, most of them had sex even pre-transition. So I'm starting to think there might be something else going on. Of course the T makes me aroused a lot, but even under that i…

A question to all the pre-op guys here. When you see your naked body, do you think of it as female? I used to, but I don't any more. I figured that if I am a man, I can't have a female body. it can't be famle because it's the body of a man. I now think of myself as a handikappad man born without penis - some people are born without legs, I think that would be worse. Or being blind.. that's my worst nightmare. Thinking like this, I feel kind of lucky. Because I was born without testicles, of course my hormones are wrong and I developed breasts. This is how it really is, it's just another way of putting it. I don't even think of my sex organs as female any more. It's…

I've been thinking about this for a while. I've read a bunch of stories about straight FTMs who lived as lesbians and identified themselves as butch (or at least were part of a lesbian communitY) before realising they were trans. I'm mostly gay. I like girls too, but guys more. And the thing is, even before I realised I was trans I thought of my feelings towards men as sort of queer. I didn't know why, because I didn't identify myself as a man at the time, but all my fantasies about guys were gay, about guys on guys with guys. I was never in them, at least not as my self. I remember thinking I was weird because my girlfriends' fantasies was about them getting f*****…