Hello everyone,
I am no stranger to the Susan's Place for Transgender forum. I have been lurking in these forums and reading materials and posts since before I even transitioned. I figured because this site helped me so much, I should sign up for an account and introduce myself.
My name is Giselle and I'm a 26 years old pre-op transexual woman. I wish I could post a pic for everyone but my brain apparently isn't smart enough to figure that out. Haha.
I have been on Hormone Replacement Therapy for 1 year and 1 month. I been living full time for 1 year and have my SRS schedule with Dr. Bowers for November 2015 (such a long waiting period
but I guess Dr. Bowers is a very busy lady!)
As far as my story goes, I came from a very conservative Asian family. My dad was an army commander back in Myanmar and the only female in our family was my mom (until I transitioned). I was always afraid of my parents and always been confused with my identity. I went through depression in high school and college. I never knew or even heard of the term transgender or transsexual so I always thought I was gay. I accepted myself as being homosexual one year in college but it didn't feel right. I was so confused with my identity that it affected my life in many negative way. I was unhappy, unapproachable, non-social, awkward, depressed, and lonely.
In 2012, I decided to move to Seattle from Minneapolis to live by myself and run away from all the uncertainties I was having at home. This was when I discovered the terminalogy of ->-bleeped-<- and discovered myself. Even so, I was scared of disobeying the social norms that our society sets. I was afraid of rejections. However, in 2013, I moved back to Minneapolis as a different individual. The indivdual I was afraid to show. The individual I had always been. I transitioned and didn't care about what people thought. I decided that I only live once and no one was going to tell me how to live it. People pushed back of course, but I didn't care.
Now, both parents accept me for who I am, I have a large group of supportive friends, I been promoted in my profession twice and never been happier than before. Of course, I have some rainy days here and there but my quality of life has been 100 times better than it used to be. Anyway, I'm soooo sorry about the long introduction. I want to thank everyone who shared their stories and advices on these forum because it helps a lot. It may not seem so but I think there are a lot of people like me who never comment, post or sign up but do lurks these forum and reading materials and hearing people's stories help a lot. I just wanted to return the favor. Thank you!
Giselle.
