I discovered this site a few days ago and I've looked at the forums a bit so I decided it's time to register and make an introduction!
My name is Dylan and I'm an AMAB college student from the upper midwest of the U.S. I've been seriously questioning my gender identity for about a year now. After a lot of thinking and soul searching, I've discovered that I'm much more on the "female" side of the spectrum compared to the "male" side. In addition, I often feel dysphoria related to my chest, body hair, my voice and my face. I'm not sure whether I want to label myself transfeminine or a trans girl or genderqueer or what yet, but I definitely see myself as being trans.
I'm still very much in the beginning stages of this process. I haven't officially come out to any of my friends yet, but they have all seen me dress in nonconforming ways at some point, and many of them identify under the trans umbrella themselves, so I don't think coming out to them will be too difficult, and I plan to do so as soon as I get a chance. It might be more difficult to tell my family, but they're not conservative so I doubt it would lead to an end in support when I do decide to tell them. What I'm probably most worried about is getting stares when I decide to go out presenting as feminine.
I hope to go to a trans-friendly therapist at some point. I will admit I'm a little nervous about talking to some stranger about my life and problems for an extended period of time, but I think it would help me a lot. I would also like to start HRT at some point-hopefully before too long!
Well anyway thanks for letting me rant about myself
I look forward to meeting you all!
