OMG, Maia, I am SO glad you pulled me over to this thread. Yes, it has been a while. I'm about 5 months behind you on HRT, about a year away from GRS (I hope). But my surgery will be covered by Canada's health plan. Anyway, you look spec-freakin'-tacular!!
On Eve's question, just last weekend I was in Toronto attending a conference of dialog between the Transwomen community and the Lesbian community, and it was a very awesome and powerful day. Lots of learning on both sides.