Greetings all!

[Marion]

Greetings!

My name is Marion, and I'm 21.
I'm a genderqueer boy who was assigned female at birth. I haven't begun transitioning with hormones but I intend to. I'm out to a small circle of trusted friends and in a trans-friendly club I'm helping to run at university. I'm studying Philosophy, but I'm running into some trouble with moving forward with my studies because of really bad depression and anxiety, over being trans among other things.

I really like how welcoming and friendly this site seems so far. I'm hoping to try out being considered a guy online again, as a boost to my self-esteem. Also, I need information about medically transitioning.

I haven't come out to my parents yet. It's really weighing down on me. I don't feel like I should tell them until they're no longer sending me the money by means of which I feed myself, but it's getting harder and harder to deal with being constantly misgendered by them. I'll be living with my mother again this summer and I'm worried my dysphoria will reach new levels of awful. So I need people to vent to. Hopefully I won't make myself too obnoxiously whiny.

I'm an extremely open-minded atheist who was once Pagan and Catholic (not at the same time.) Religion and magic, especially comparative mythology and ritual work, are subjects which interest me very strongly, so if you want to talk about mythology or whatever I'm your boy.

Anyway, I hope I haven't bothered you folk too much with my long-winded introduction. I'm looking forward to posting around here!

Regards,
Marion

[King Malachite]

Hey Gloriana welcome to Susans! 

By all means if you feel the need to vent out then please do.  Many of the people here have been through or are going through a similar situation like with you about the parents.  I know I am.

I haven't transitioned yet but there are plenty of guys on this site who would be more than willing to answer your medical questions about transitioningto the best of their abilities.

Hope to see you around!

[Marion]

Hey Malachite, thanks for the prompt reply!

Is that a Sims 3 icon? I miss that game.

[King Malachite]

It's an icon from one of the villians from Uncharted 3.  It's funny that you mention the Sims because lately I've been missing Sims 3 and even more so Sims Castaway.

[justmeinoz]

Hi and welcome.
I am in the Uni philosophy club here.  As I am trying to live an Authentic Life a la Existentialism, I decided to give it a go.  So far it has been fun, with lots of discussion over pizza and beer. 
There's a reason Satre and others liked cafes.

Vent away here, there is someone on, somewhere in the world pretty much any time.  I found taking the approach that GID is an issue of foetal brain development, and a medical problem worked well with coming out.  It seems to make people more comfortable.

Karen.

[Devlyn]

Greetings, Marion! It's nice to meet you. We always have room for new friends here. See you around, hugs, Devlyn

[Ms. OBrien CVT]

Hi Marion,

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[Marion]

Thank you very much for welcoming me!
I'm really enjoying your cat icons, Janet.

[RAY]

welcome! you will find good people here!