Hey Fam!

[Lexicon]

Hi!

I'm new here, clearly.  My name is Lex and I live in Santa Cruz, CA.  I'm currently beginning my metamorphosis as FTM. 

I started T yesterday (holy crap!!) and am now on the journey to understanding and discovering more and more about who I am and who I will be,  I am 30 years old, lived most of my adult life very openly and very butch/stud/MOC.  I do a lot of activism/educating in my area and for some time traveled nationally as a spoken word artist.  I currently work for an omnifaith church in Santa Cruz and will (God willing) someday become an ordained minister -- though not your average preacher.

I tend to be long winded, I'm a sports fanatic, I love thinking, talking, and my family.  I am fierce about my family.  I tend to have a different take on things, most especially my gender and sexuality.  I spent several years as a full time diversity trainer and know all the jargon, but the most instructive things have been the way that my body has taken me right up the middle of every aspect of my identity -- I've learned to see a bit of myself in everyone.

I'm excited about what's next even as I am scared and nervous and if i'm honest, grieving who I have been.  It's a wild thing, this life. 

Thanks for making such a great place for folks like me to step into and be able to feel at home, safe, and get the love and support we need.

Lex!

[Simply_Sir]

Wow, Lex! You sound so confident and inspiring! Of course, it is always a difficult thing to grow up as the wrong sex, but I feel like you know where you're going and who you are. Hope hormone therapy goes well!

[Amelia Pond]

Welcome to Susan's, Lex!

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[Devlyn]

Hi Lex, welcome to Susan's Place! I'm up around Boston. Grab some snacks and get comfy! Hugs, Devlyn

[Ms. OBrien CVT]

Hi Lex,

Welcome to our little family. Over 7935 members. That would be one heck of a family reunion.

Feel free to post your successes/failures, Hopes/dreams.  Ask questions and seek answers. Give and receive advice.

But remember we are family here, your family now. And it is always nice to have another brother.


Janet  )O(

[Jessica Merriman]

Warm welcome. This place has shown me what caring people are all about. They never let you quit! It really is family here. I know what you mean about the hormones, by the way, "E" is amazing, the dreams WOW! BIG HUG!!

[Gina Taylor]

Hi Lex 

Welcome to Susan's!

[Lauren5]

Hey Lex, thanks for responding to my welcome, thought I'd return the favor
Man, you sound like a great guy. Everyone should take an example from you, cis, trans, whatever!
Best of all, you sound confident. Much more so than I was over the last 4 years.

[Lexicon]

Hey Lex, thanks for responding to my welcome, thought I'd return the favor
Man, you sound like a great guy. Everyone should take an example from you, cis, trans, whatever!
Best of all, you sound confident. Much more so than I was over the last 4 years.

Wow, thanks so much! 

Very sweet compliments and thanks for returning the favor   Looking forward to "bumping into" one another here!

[Lauren5]

Wow, thanks so much! 
Very sweet compliments and thanks for returning the favor   Looking forward to "bumping into" one another here!

I'm sure that itll happen often enough