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Started by KayT, March 26, 2014, 12:10:40 PM

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KayT

Hello, I'm KayT,

I have joined here to hopefully arrive at a decision or even better understanding leading to a decision as I am a most indecisive person but transgender is in mind and always has been but I slammed it out of my mind because of what I was supposed to be and why me as these feelings come to others don't they, it's one of those things one hears about but it doesn't really happen and what would my family and friends think and all that.

Well as of three years ago I discovered what I was to perhaps shine some light on all those feelings I had oppressed within myself through fear for what I discovered was that all my life I had in fact been an xxy and I am not going to say male, because I don't feel I am male where I adhere myself to the term intersexed as that feels more comfortable and descriptive of both the external and the internal combined for what is inside doesn't match the outside where I am even finding I am despising the male in me and body parts they often disgust me where I wonder what's the use beyond urinating standing up as they have not been used for their primary purpose for nine years, once a month at best for ten years and not at all before that for 27 years.

And so the subject of transgender has reared it's head again and I am here to try and sort out my thoughts and feelings and perhaps even make a decision as I am fed up living a life unfulfilled and in permanent limbo where I just don't physically fit in to my compulsions inviting all sorts of negativity from others and even myself.

Yeah, xxy so typically low testosterone but not the typical physique where I am tall, skinny and underdeveloped and I never had gynocomastia but I have already had a chest lump scare that turned out to be as I was told a blocked and infected milk duct which hastened my doctor to seek a karyotype test to reveal my truth. Where after testing it has been found I don't need HRT, I am a most untypical xxy but where most are happy and want to be male, it seems I am questioning to the point that I am unhappy being male and if had had a choice at birth it wouldn't have been male.

I guess part of my mind is already there on this but I need all of my mind there hence coming here before I manage to get at the psychological to satisfy the cash strapped medical gods.
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ErinWDK

Hi KayT,

Welcome to Susan's.  You will find all sorts of friends here.  Some medical centers (read Johns Hopkins which has an XXY specialty) automatically treat XXY with a lot of Testosterone.  As you have so aptly described, that one-size-fits-all approach does NOT fit everyone.  You have every right to choose for yourself who you want to be.  Read in all the forums here as you will find the sorts of things you want all spread around.

Since you are searching trying to find out who you are the services of a good gender therapist would be invaluable.  Don't worry about still searching at your age; I am older than you and still don't have enough of my own answers.

Take your time, read, learn, ask questions.  There will be someone to answer them!

Good luck!


Erin
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Jessica Merriman

A big warm welcome to the family KayT! I hope you find the answers to questions you may have here. You are not alone and we really want to see you succeed and be happy. Ask us anything you need an answer to and never think twice about it. All the information you get here comes from REAL people at all stages of transition from still questioning to Post Op. Feel free to rant, vent, share good news (we like that a LOT), learn or just have some distracting fun and meet the rest of the family. Here is a BIG HUG  :icon_hug: to welcome you and make you feel right at home! :)

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