Accomplishments in 2014

[Dandy Dunker]

-I started to wear comfortable clothes and donated clothes from the past
-I came out to my parents
-started seeing a therapist that is on board with helping me transition quickly
-I cut my relaxer out my hair and regression my natural ringlet hair
-I started going to support group with my therapist
-I am working on my social transition and name change
-I'm trying to get through highschool but is causing me alot of trouble
-My parents are working on calling me their son and my chosen name   

Now what are yours?

[BlaineGame]

-realized I was trans
-started wearing more manly, comfortable clothes
-came out to parents and best friend
-seeing a gender therapist
-going to support group next week

I'm hoping to change my name sometime next year. Whoop whoop!

[Tossu-sama]

Not many transition related stuff anymore but pretty significant still!

- Got my personal identity code's end changed which equals changing the gender marker in legal documents here, meaning my gender will show up as 'M' in IDs.
- Switched to using Nebido (this had been my goal from the start).
- Had full hysterectomy which also means the surgical parts of my transition are done for now (as of now, I'm not continuing to SRS).
- I dunno, I finally feel like ME after 24 years.

[zero.cool.crash.override]

My accomplishments pale by comparison

•   Once and for all gave up on trying to be a girl
•   Came out to a few friends
•   Commenced therapy with a gender therapist
•   Go to a trans* support group
•   Started T
•   Learned to pee standing up with an STP

My goals to accomplish by this time next year:

•   Come out to my family, work, and all friends
•   Use my chosen name full time
•   Change name and gender marker legally
•   Set date for top surgery

[AeroZeppelin92]

It's been a good year, considering 2013 was probably the toughest year of my life. Needless to say, I'm proud of what I've done this year

- finished out my time in the Army after four years, finally sure that I wanted to transition afters years of mental debate and anguish
- started testosterone
- started university and known by Konnor and not my birth name
- found a new love for the gym, started at ~115lbs. About 135lbs now after 4months of lifting
-came out to family and friends
- and was finally able to start stretching my ears like I've always wanted to, but couldn't due to military. Just stretched up to a 0g!

[AdamMLP]

• Came out at work and to my parents.
• Changed my name and documents (bar one or two I haven't got around to yet).
• Got my tattoo finally after years of wanting it.
• Finished the first residential year of my apprenticeship and moved into my own flat with my girlfriend.
• Started working at my depot where there are only three people who know I'm trans, and they only know as they'd previously been introduced to me by my birthname.
• Finished my three assessment appointments at the Gender Identity Clinic, and I'm waiting for the 18th December and my first doctors appointment there now.
• Worked out some of my feelings towards alcohol and managed to spend three weeks around it while staying sensible, even though my MH was down the pan that month.  It's a big achievement for me.
• Got to see the band that's gotten me through the past four years live finally.
• Brought a peecock.

[Aewin]

• After experimentation last year with gender presentation, pinned down that I am trans, and that while I'm technically nonbinary, I'm masculine-leaning enough that I'm comfortable identifying as male for purposes of gaining access to transition-related care and presenting as such publicly.
• Asked all of my online friends to adjust pronouns to match my identity.
• Came out to my husband, my mom, my therapist, and my psych. All have been supportive.
• Underwent a large breast reduction.
• Lost 25 pounds, which helped reduce curves. Still more to go, though!
• Switched from estrogen-based birth control to Depo-Provera and no longer have periods.
• Built up a more masculine wardrobe.
• Got my first STP.
• Possibly passed once? Signs were pretty strong, though no "he"s or "sir"s were uttered.
• Have an appointment set to discuss the possibility of a testosterone referral letter with my new psych, and am in an internship that would help me pay the startup costs out of pocket for starting T (since my insurance excludes trans coverage). I'm nervous that even if he'll give me the go-ahead, my doctor won't be as understanding, and I'll have to spend a lot of time and effort to find someone around here who will work with a trans patient, but it's something I need for my mental health.

It's been a big year. Next year I want to get on T, score some definite passes IRL (the first time a stranger calls me "he" or "sir" I'm going to grin for a month straight), and if I manage to pass well enough, present as male at whatever job I get once I'm done with school.

Congrats to all of those who have progressed on their journey this year.

[FTMax]

For this year:

- Decided to pursue transitioning after years of being miserable.
- Cut my hair short and then learned to cut my own hair - saving me so much money!
- Got rid of old clothes, bought new ones.
- Started seeing a therapist for the first time in my life.
- Made an appointment to get on hormones - first time seeing a doctor by choice and not necessity.
- Came out to friends and family.
- Started a super aggressive savings plan to pay for top surgery.
- Adjusted my online presence to reflect my name/pronouns.
- Started documenting my transition.

Goals for next year:

- Legal name & gender marker update on all my documents.
- Top surgery hopefully in early spring.
- Use my gym membership more and lose weight instead of just redistributing it. I've been going to the gym since February and haven't lost any weight, but my shoulder circumference is 2 inches bigger and my waist is 2 inches smaller.
- Strongly consider desire to relocate and allocate savings to do so. I've lived in DC and the surrounding area all my life and have wanted to move for the last few years, but was never in a position to do it before. I think being a little further along in my transition will help give me the footing to do so.

[King Malachite]

Booked my top surgery for 2015 and I just paid my flight in full.

Got my very first job



Not much, but it is something, right?

I need to start thinking about future goals.

[JHeron]

-started wearing more 'manly' clothes rather than dyke or 14 year old boy clothes
- came out to family and my therapist who referred me to GIC
- Usually being called my new name but the pronouns are gonna need some time/work
- changed my name by deed poll and have changed it on all documents apart from original birth certificate
-Quit smoking and energy drinks&coffee due to wanting to be healthy for full transition
- Havnt needed to see my therapist a lot as in the past because figuring this out has lifted mood.

On another note, good to see that you're looking at your accomplishments. Some really good ones there too, keep at it man.

It really enrages me how you use "dyke" as a term to describe clothing. Does that mean there is a "->-bleeped-<-got" way to dress too? Honestly that's not okay.

Anyways as far as accomplishments for me I started college. Which is big since I'll be my family's first college graduate.

[pianoforte]

I understand taking offense... but there is definitely a certain fashion sense that is seen within the queer community as dyke fashion. And there are people here who previously identified as dyke or butch. I have always been taken for a (femme) lesbian, so for me one of my accomplishments this year was actually to look more butch/dykish. Not as a slur, bit as an identity-related aesthetic and legitimate form of gender-related self-expression.

But anyway. This year, I:

- Cut my hair off and began maintaining a short style even when criticised by my family. This was absolutely huge for me because my grandmother who is abusive and controlling has had a huge interest in and control over my hair for my entire life. I moved out of her house over five years ago, but still have a hard time breaking her rules sometimes.

- Came out to myself, my partner, some friends and family, and my new workplace as a trans male.

- Bought new clothes that I like without feeling guilty or buying a set of more feminine clothes to appease my family.

- Moved into a house with roommates for the first time,and ask now living for the first time ever in a home where I don't feel like I am being constantly judged.

- Spent a lot of time alone with myself, processing, for the first time in many years. Started writing again.

- Bought my first binder and started using it semi-regularly.

- Saw a gender therapist for a single session, and attended several sessions of a support group while I was briefly living  in Seattle.

- Met several new trans friends, who have been a source of great joy, love, hope, and validation for me, and for whom I hope my friendship has done the same.

- Decided that I can and will walk away from my family if and when I so choose, whether I am totally financially independent or not, for my own safety and sanity.

[ChaoticTribe]

Since FtM transition was a mistake for me, my accomplishments go the opposite route
-stopped taking testosterone
-got prescriptions for Estrogen and Progesterone
-working out to burn off stomach fat and put it back on my hips and thighs (one hour every morning before breakfast, working super fast!)
-began wearing badass clothes for chicks once more
-doing massage and using a heating pad to help regenerate breast tissue that was lost during top surgery


-moved out of the town where I began detransitioning, because people thinking you're an MtF results in much more horrible treatment than original transition
-had my name changed back to my birth name
-had my birth certificate corrected to its original state
-altered records with the bank and post office
-got a new drivers license

Now all I need to do is visit social security and my paperwork will be all inline, and there won't be this massive 'official' hangover from my misdiagnoses as transgender!