Male to Female (MtF) Transsexual Discussion

I was switching channels a day or two ago, trying to find something possibly interesting to watch. There is a doctor, I believe his name is Dr. Oz, who has a program about human health. He was talking to a woman who seemed to have had breast reduction surgery because the weight of her large breasts were causing back problems. She said she felt more comfortable with more moderate size breasts.

I just emailed a letter coming out to my parents. I wonder if this feels similar to what it would be like to hit the button that starts WWIII. Nothing to do but to sit back and wait for the return fire.

Hi. First of all i think it would be best to give a bit of background information. Im a 21 yr old male and i feel like ive been living a lie for the last 10 years. If u were to see me i look like the average bloke and behave like one too. The thing is im feeling really confused about who i am. At the age of 11 (this is the earliest i can remember these feelings) i was getting the feeling that i should be a female even though i knew i wasnt, and those feelings have never left me. I felt it best to pretend like i was feeling normal and ive structured my life so that i fit in, and nobody suspects anything. It was only recently i started re-searching transgender websites etc …

Women's emotions are sort of like the feedback distortion from a speaker. A woman's feelings are more like an electric guitar, but men's emptions are like an acoustic (or sometimes a mandolin). Any thoughts on this?

While trying to find some before and after pictures for another thread, I came accross this animation.. quite interesting for those of us trying to walk differently... I'm pretty sure I don't walk like the 'very male' even now! http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html

I need to get to bed and I will, shortly, but quite unexpectedly I found myself crying very hard, earlier tonight. But it doesn't really correlate with the environment, for transition is going well, I pass with little effort, much has been accomplished hormonally ans surgically and I am doing nominally well emotionally - FINALLY. Life is now actually good, but I apparently hit an 'emotional air pocket' tonight quite unexpectedly. [shaking her tired head] I haven't cried that hard in quite some time and it was pretty rough; but at the same time, it is now somewhat rare for me to do so. That is definite progress and most welcome, after a very stormy initial p…

Let's see, I wonder how long it wil take someone at work tomorrow to notice the fact that I got my ears pierced today, and that I'm wearing cute gold earrings. any bets ? I'll say it takes them an hour to notice. Bobbie Jo

This is a subject I don't really hear a lot of people touch on; there seems to be a lot of hand waving involved. Maybe that's all it is, really, people flying under the radar and hoping nothing bad happens. I've asked my therapist about this but he doesn't have a lot of reassuring answers. But I'm curious how non-op TS people deal with day to day legal issues. Like, let's say you look totally passable, everyone calls you "ma'am" or "sir" (as appropriate), you maybe even changed your name or perhaps even are able to go as far as changing your drivers' license to have the right gender. But most places in this country, at least, until you've had bottom surgery they will r…

I want to discuss this with my doctor, but are oral hormones more dangerous than injectable hormones. This is the article that spawned the question: http://www.trans-health.com/displayarticle.php?aid=63 Not for nothing, but I am in great health and I am clear for hormones. I just want to make sure that my transition is as safe as possible. I hate needles, but if its easier on the liver than I might want to change to that route. Is there anyone here that has taken pill form estrogen for many years? -Nikki ^_^

just wanted to let everyone know that i have just been kicked out of my house and basically my family. they dont accept what im becomming and said its an embarasment to the family. so i wont have internet but im looking forward to being on whenever i can. ill just be searching for a job and living on my friends couches and my car. its a wonderful life like this. i hate it, why we got cursed with this problem i have no idea but no one accepts it.

anyone here that can offer help from a personal perspective. My husband has always hid his real identity behind a real macho, egotistical, argumentitive personality. We have been together for 18 years and have 2 very young children. Over the past 12 he has slowly started to integrate the feminine side of who he realy is into our relationship. His anger has been his most dominate personality trate, it has caused so much heartache with us, but we always work things through. Just recently he confessed who is inside his head and the turmoil he has endured trying to keep his head in reality, knowing his sex is male but his head says he is female. He is scared I will leave, …

Well, i did come out to my parents a couple weeks ago and it seemed to go fairly well. But one thing that has been troubling me is that my mom keeps asking if there is anything thing else thats not so drastic i can do rather than transition. She along with saying that say that there is nothing at all from my childhood and growing up that would make her think even a little bit that i was feminine. For as long as i've known i've had these feelings inside, i've known that they were different and unique. I knew that they were not something i should be open about and thus i began to keep them hidden. I put on quite a front as a male. I did really what ever i could to be "no…

Sometimes I'm confidant that I can transition and others i feel like its impossible so I was wondering if anybody felt this way when they started out and how they dealt with it.

here's another poll i thought of after reading dev's reply in the "How Far Do You Plan to Go" thread/poll in the FTM forum. i've never seen too much in the way of progress when it comes to SRS for either the men or the women, but especially the men. but then i've not really researched it either. despite that, however, it seems to me in all the things i have read, information like that would be in yer face so to speak.

Hi all do any of you have a court order for a gender/sex marker change. It never been done in the Bahamas and the Judge said he would like a precedence. Would you please send a copy to me. vickytg@hotmail.com

I am a man in the thirties and I have been with women all my life and I love that. But lately I have been thinking and fantasizing about having sex with a man. Anal, BJ. The whole thing. I want to be the receiver and the one who gives the BJ. In other words I would like to be the woman and dress up like one with the clothes and the make-up and everything. One year ago, I started wearing woman's jeans, because they look so sexy on the girls. And now I just love it, I can not get them tight enough. Especially the skinny jeans. I only wear them at home though, don't dear to wear them in public. Every day I rush home to change into the jeans. Kind of a fetish to …

This One is worth reading about.... I have tried something that very few people may have the energy for, but it was very interesting. I have posted more detailed information in my blog on breast stimulation but I am not sure the general public can view it. To summarize what I have done is related to Male Lactation information on the web. I discovered wonderful feelings by using a breast pump that my wife no longer used since she had weaned our latest child off, little over a year ago. I would have paid for this information long ago, because it was so helpful but I learned through experimentation and the little bit of info online. I probably could make money…

Hi All, Just wanted to follow up on the post I made a few days ago. I came out to my sisters and brother. Well, my sisters took it well and even my one sister said she was proud of me that I had the courage to do it! She has also said she would love to help me with any makeup tips, clothing, ect. My Brother took it bad and refuses to talk to me. My best friend since 2nd grade has really been suportive he and his wife have really supported me and they are looking forward to see Kellie coming along! Also even though my wife and I are getting a divorce, she said she will be one of my closiest friends and even made the comment that if I was to get married as a post-op that…

I know, from the handouts accompanying my prescribed estrogen, progesterone and spironolactone, as well as reading articles at certain websites, there can be potential serious or relatively minor ill side effects. I have experienced being lightheaded once and temporarily stopped taking these hormones. Occasionally i experience moderately discomfort in my lower stomach, which I do not know if my taking hormones may be a factor. I wonder if anyone has or knows of anyone who had serious side effects from using estrogen, progesterone and/or spironolactone. Thank you.

This is also for FtM's too, Sorry, I should have put that in the title, my apologies. You are in a place ( heaven, a different universe, where ever we begin ) and you have no form but are completely coherent and are intelligent. Standing before you are two children's bodies. One is a boy and one is a girl. You have to decide which one to be born in to. But there is a catch. If you choose the boys body you will live until a hundred years have passed, with a life free from illness, making many friends and have a family that loves you, you will be wealthy and not want for anything but there is no such thing as SRS/hormone therapy and GID has not been or ever will be …

I am a crossdresser but lately I have had fleeting thoughts that maybe I am a transsexual. I still have no desire for surgery but I would rather wear feminine clothing all the time. I feel very comfortable being looked upon as a woman. I haven't made any decisions yet but I wanted to bounce these thoughts off to you ladies. What do you make of it? Gennee

Well, well, how things have changed for me. Where do I start ? As you know a few weeks ago I was extremely depressed and had thoughts of suicide,due to the fact that my wife was thinking of divorcing me and threatening to take my children away from me. I have now decided to divorce her and will be serving papers on ASAP. I will looking at a new house about 30 miles away from my current location to start my new life there. I've also been informed by a friend who is a Solicitor, that when she divorces me, it's not going to go to well for her as she is an extreme right wing Christian and that it is discrimination on medical grounds against me because I have been diagnose…

Every year I have a medical check-up in great hospitals. I always explain that I am a transsexual woman, as they always register me as female (according to my legal status). So far, I always had good results. However, these past few months I have been feeling depressed and for some reason I thought that it may have to do with hormones. I remember I have had periods of depression throughout my life. I always thought it was a psychological problem, never a fysical. I am taking progynova daily. That's it. Last week I went to see an endocrinologist specialised in transsexuals. She told me that my depression and lack of motivation didn’t surprise her. She said that 5 y…

Having begun my transition nearly eleven years ago I've had to deal with coming out to a lot of people--and I've gotten relatively comfortable with doing so. One person I never got the chance to come out to, however, is my best guy friend from childhood, whom I will call Dan. Dan and I pretty much hung around together all the time from when I was about 7 until we lost contact with each other when I was 18 (which was 28 years ago). I have been trying to locate Dan for many years, but since he has a very common name I was always unsuccessful in my search, that is, until now. Yesterday I managed to track down--and talk with--an old mutual friend of ours and I got Dan's phone…

Hi all, I was on Estradiol for two years before, for reasons beyond my control, I was been cut off in mid December. I may be able to get a resupply in April. My question is: what effects of this lull are going to have on my body? Thank you for any replies in advance.