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Sweetie, this is your journey and what it means to you may will be different from others. You don't need to be taking hormones or have surgery to be transgender or feel female. You also don't have to transition full-time, unless you feel you need to. I'm so glad that you do feel welcome here and can share. Hang in there! Lisa

Emma & All: I am brand new to the forum, and yours was the first post I saw. I wish you all of the very best on this journey, and am glad that you have a support group in place. I just came out and told my wife, and we now have all the "issues" surrounding that. I do not even know if there are any such groups in Charlotte, NC where I am from. In any event, my well wishes for you!

ohmy I must agree I literally have no choice but t go as womanly as possible in irl situations... which is pretty butch cuz bio-region strong internal drive to come out more & more scared excited at the same times Swan

There is a new term out, trans* where the asterisk denotes what suits you best, so this can mean in your case "your version of transgender" which is great and my version is different from you and Emma is different from me and you. What is common is unity and special to what we are to the world.

Hi Jenny, Good to see your blog post. I imagine it's hard for you to do but I hope to read more from you. I agree with you that it does seem at times that the transgender scale leans toward hormones and surgery but, like you, I'm more likely at the opposite end! Emma

Sounds like the Boise, Idaho meetings,sans the therapist, as we are all in someway a therapist to one another in our own ways. I am very happy for you. Remember, whether you get on the train or not, whether you ride to the end of the line or get off to shop.. no matter what you do, it's yours to do it with. There is no right or wrong as long as you are owning your decisions. I appreciate what you wrote about the spouses. I am not married, but if I ever get maried, I hope that I will be the kind of husband that wants the best for the family.. and my selfish ways are deferred by comittment and love. You have a gift of words.