Ask Matt: I Can't Live as Female Any Longer
September 17, 2012 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2012/09/17/i-cant-live-as-female-any-longer/A reader writes: "My mother struggles with my situation as a transman. I told her a few months ago, and she was pretty much okay with it, and she didn't say that whole 'this is just a phase' speech.
But she has a hard time accepting it now. She is telling me not to tell anyone I am an FTM before I have gotten the diagnosis, because she means that only the doctors can know for sure. But no matter what my doctors say, I am transgender.
"I am having a hard time, having to present myself by a female name and people calling me 'she' and 'her.' My doctor sent a recommendation (or something) to a psychiatrist two months ago, and I haven't gotten an answer. I'm still waiting for this, and I won't get my diagnosis for several more months. First I have to go to the psychiatrist for a couple of months, and then I have to go to the section for transexualism in Oslo. I have to go there for a few months also to get the diagnosis. I can't wait that long!
