Female to Male (FtM) Transsexual Discussion

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…

Hi guys! I'm new here, let me do a quick introduction. I'm FtM, 19, knew something was up when I was 4, didn't know what it was called until I was 15 and I haven't undergone transition yet. I've never really been in a community or discussed the topic with people going through the same thing, so if I'm a bit wordy, that may be why. So I have a few questions. First of all, I know T changes your voice and all that but I'm concerned about my singing voice. I don't sing professionally, but I do have a bit of a talent with it that I like to use. I'm a 2nd soprano and I've done vocal training. I'm concerned that if I go through with T, I may never be able to sing with m…

Yes, all of a sudden! Just this April she was Daddy’s little girl. End of this April she wants her hair dyed black. No problem. Letting her express herself. Then she starts wearing dark clothes and now she’s EMO. She wants to wear some of her brother’s clothes too. A little history…My daughter is easily influenced and I can name several changes she made in the past when hearing someone liked or didn’t like something, and she immediately changed to be like what that person preferred. She’s stubborn and a drama queen, always seems to over react to many things. My wife and I checked her computer recently and come to find out she’s been spending a lot of time on YouT…

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???

Hi guys... I'm going to have to word this really carefully to not get 'funny looks' and generally be thought of as 'not being wuite with it' as far as TG theory goes... So a couple of things.... I totally understand that gender identity and sexuality are separate... I think they are related, but yes, separate. I'm always really interested in how other people think, feel, are driven etc... [i want to be a writer.. well I have written, I'm just not published. ] So I'm also intrested in people who are different to me... and in the TG sphere, I'm a GB (genetic boy... I see the term GG quite a bit so I guess GB makes some kind of sense)... and…

I saw the links on the other thread for this, and I checked out a few. I requested a binder from the Big Brothers, and got one. Thing is, embarrassingly, even though its the right side, I'm not sure how to put it on. It wont go over my head or on like a pair of pants. I mean I could force it on but then wont it get stuck when I go to take it off? I'm sure the outcome looks great, but how do you guys do it? Lucky

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…

I received the papers in the mail Friday from the judge!! He signed the paper for my official gender change!! He sent me 2 copies free of charge!! They must have found the file! I'm so relieved that I didn't have to refile, although the judge said I didn't have to pay again because it was their mistake for losing the file in the first place. Next week I will go to DMV and get my new DL. waaaaaaahooooooooo Just a little excited!! LOL Ethan

We've all seen the variety of commercials that have recently bombarded us telling men how to get their youth back - they just need a boost of T. ABC News recently did a report that indicated researchers in Texas are concerned about the number of men on T. They claim that prescriptions have tripled among men older than 40, but a quarter of them haven't even had their levels checked. Doctors are concerned that increased testosterone "raises the risk of prostate cancer and liver damage." Are prescribers inadvertantly creating a problem for [trans]men? Could the sudden increase of the use of T by cisgender men trigger added restrictions and affect how [trans]men a…

So I saw my therapist this morning who specializes in gender issues, etc. He says that I should be able to get approved in November to start Testosterone! And I am going to see a surgeon on the 13th for top surgery consultation and possibly about a hysterectomy [sp?] . So things are moving along nicely. I was just wondering about how the process regarding testosterone and surgery went for everyone else. I am always very interested in hearing other stories. What was your favorite aspect of starting testosterone and your least favorite? How about for top surgery? Favorite part? Least? Has anyone gotten a hysterectomy? What was it like? How long did it tak…

Hi... I'm Devin... I'm 21 and I am most recently starting to come out as transgender (ftm) I never imagined how hard this was going to be to just be myself. My mom still has no clue and I feel bad for not telling her because she still uses the female pronouns and I get so aggravated but its my own fault because I refuse to tell her. My girlfriend although we haven't been together very long is so supportive of me.. The only thing I'm afraid of is what if when I start my T shots and have my first surgery she's no longer supportive... What if she's only with me because the fact I'm still physically a girl?! I mean I don't have a huge support group where I'm from. And there a…

How am I expected to stay calm when my emotions are raging like its no ones business when someone who i liked called me a "Gender challenged he she".... I was on the phone with jasmine when my ex-boyfriend called me and said "So i heard you were like gender challenged or whatever" I said nothing. Then he said "I dont want to talk to you anymore if this is what you choose." I said to him "Well you werent (effing) talking to me in the first place, i kind of stopped after you asked me for my best friends number and then cursed me out later. who the (eff) do you think you are?" Im like beyond the point where i might just flip. Im tired of my parents mocking me, Im tired o…

Im being reason right now, Im hanging out with this girl I've liked since I was in seventh grade, And we've been friends since like.... First grade. I love her.... Idk. wanted to say that somewhere.

I've heard of many guys who lived for a while as lesbians before either coming to terms with being, or discovering they were actually TS. From pictures of guys I've chatted with, and pix of people like Chaz Bono, it seems that all these guys dressed like any other male. Many had very male looking hair cuts. All this despite identifying as lesbians at the time. While watching a video posted by Plague in the thread " it suddenly hit me - why do lesbian women like females that dress and act like men, yet they don't want anything to do with men. And if their male-acting "girlfriends" end up actually being TS and decide to transition...the lesbian g/f's drop them like…

"Stephen Ira Beatty (born Kathlyn), the eldest child of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, is also an F-to-M man, and he has a big problem with Bono acting like a spokesperson for the trans community"... Stephen says, "Chaz is a misogynist. He is a trans man who seems to believe that his female-assignedness and his female socialization makes him immune from being a misogynist, and he is manifestly wrong." Read More http://www.ivillage....nist/1-a-403881

I've been "lurking" here a while... and... I think I'm finally going to burden everyone with my silly juvenile frustration. I "came out" to my mother a few weeks ago (uh... accidentally, she found a note a wrote her that I hadn't actually planned on giving her), and she seems to be taking it well. She was in denial at first, but yesterday she said something along the lines of, "Well, if that's the way it is, that's the way it is" in regards to my "wanting to be a boy". I'm 18, if that makes a difference to anything. Sometimes I doubt myself and what I feel because I'm so young. I feel I'm ready though to try therapy, but I'm not sure how to go about it. Is ther…

the reigning miss america is from the town i live in. of course everyone in the state, and especially this two-bit, wild west wannabe city, is beside themselves over their own home-grown redneckess being queen of the country. i've never been so tired of a topic for the evening news in my life. i'm also tired of hearing, "every little girl's dream!" i didn't freakin dream of being miss america, miss universe, miss whatever state... MISS ANYTHING!! i didn't even dream of being a mrs...and i'm sorry i used that path to try to convince myself that all this would go away! meanwhile, quiznos has come up with a commercial that has also chapped my rear like an over-due …

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.

I am going for my hysto in two weeks. My hormone doctor told me that I would get even more effect from the testosterone once my ovaries are removed. I should have asked him this at the time but.. The thing is I really don't want more effects from T. I've already been on it for two years, I'm stable and I like the way I am now. So, does anyone know if it's OK to reduce your dose of T after having hysto?

Hey, My name is ty, I'm a 19 years of FTM college student. I recently just re-bursted out of the closet i was forced back into last year. I'm the president of my schools Gay-Straight alliance and Black Students Union... Because I just came out, the school is unaware of me being transgender, Should I let my teachers for next semester know of my Pronouns and preferred name before the semester starts, Via Email? I want next semester to be awesome and in order for me to do that I need everyone to know me for who I am.

I know I want to present as male soon, but should i get it checked out by a doctor or something if my bodies producing way more testosterone then my sex should be? I'm not fully ready to transition and my fathers realized that things have changed a lot in the last few months with me that would be normally a side effect of going on T like: Increased body hair Deeper voice (idk if this is a side effect) but i rage a lot. Ive become a little bit more muscular. Quite honestly, im not ready for my body to change like this, not this fast anyway.... What the heck should I do?

So on Wednesday (28th 2011) I've got my first appointment with the hospital about my gender identity/problem/dysphoria (all these words sound wrong >.<) It's not my usual hospital so my brother-in-law has to drive me there I'm all anxious because i don't know the layout and stuff. Any tips on whats going to happen? What should i say? What are they going to say? Should i dress formal or informal? Will they run tests or just ask questions? Any advice is good advice, i asked this on a diffrent forum but didn't get much a response Thanks Julian

A brief background: I live across the country from my family so its really hard to have personal conversations over the phone. I rather of told him in person but that could not be done. I don't plan on going back to NY until sometime around May. So I just came out and said it on the phone today. HE TOOK IT REALLY WELL!!! I kind of was dodging around the subject but knew I had to say it... I reminded him of this time when I was around 12 and we were shoveling snow and he mentioned that he aways wanted a son. He sort of remembered it. He was so I am going to have a son instead of a daughter. I was like exactly. The next step is to tell my mother. Just wanted to share …

Anyone have a favorite binder or compression shirt? I’ve tried gc2b but they didn’t work. I have back problems and couldn’t keep it on for more than an hour without extreme pain.

Well my support system and girlfriend has left me she figured it was way to much for her to handle. I'm honestly not that tore up over it I guess that's because I realized it was better to rely in yourself then on others. I am happy I could just use some friends and I'm waiting for right guy or girl to come into my life. So has anyone else been told some horrible things during a breakup. Example: your worthless... Your not a man your just f-----d up in the head...