Hi Everyone!
I've actually been posting for a few days so I thought I'd better introduce myself. I'm a 47 year old bi-gendered physical male living in Los Angeles. I came to the realization of my gender identity only within the last few years. I identify as both male and female which to me explains how I didn't realize it sooner. I was, of course, raised male and being equally comfortable with my male and female halves didn't realize what all the signals of my female half really meant until about 2 years ago.
I've been unconsciously becoming more femme over the years. It's easy to see looking back but at the time I didn't think much of the changes. I then ran into the Becoming Ella blog and through that found the COGIATI. I took the test which resulted in almost 50/50 split between male and female. Now, I realize the test is very informal and is not yet scientifically proven but the results really fit what I've been feeling and experiencing.
Since then I've read a lot of blogs and sites like this and even joined one or two but never stayed with them. I believe this place is different in that transgendered issues are openly discussed without the sexual or fetish overtones. So it looks like I'll kick my shoes off and sit a spell!
Ember
PS Regarding my name avatar name, I was looking through gender neutral baby name sites and found Ember, a name of Germanic origin used in England and Western Europe. I like Ember but I really wanted Teagan (Scottish) but the name was already taken on this site and I thought Tegan (English spelling) might be confused with the Teagan already here. Any opinions on whether Tegan would be ok to use here or should I stay with Ember? (I really like the name Teagan/Tegan and have considered asking my girlfriend to call me that when I'm En Femme).
