Well, I haven't been around much lately, and I guess I was never really that active, but this place has been helpful for me all the same. Here's a bit of an update.
I started HRT back in September, and will be starting electrolysis very soon. I managed to get a hold of enough money to pay for most, or all, of my face. I am looking forward to just getting everything out of the way and being done with all the hiding. My voice feels like the biggest obstacle to that, so I am working on that more.
Initially I had told my significant other, my parents, and a close friend, but I wanted to keep it from everyone else until I went full-time. HRT has been working a bit faster and better than I expected, though, and that's made the whole part-time thing more uncomfortable than I'd like. Fast forward to last week, my SO and I talked to her mom about my transition, and that went well. I followed up by coming out to most of my co-workers, and the rest of my friends. As much as I expected it, I haven't received one lasting bad response from anyone, and my mom was the only one who started out negatively. There were a lot of fears I had about transition that I had resigned myself to having to deal with. I thought I'd lose my relationship, my family, my friends, my job, and the respect of the people around me. None of that happened, and I feel really lucky.
Basically, life is good and things are moving forward nicely.
