Quote from: RebeckaJensen on June 12, 2015, 01:26:05 PM
Finland is perfect! 
I have some cis-gender friends from Finland that I hang out with a lot, so I have a very positive view of finish people, but not so much of Finland But how is it to live as non-cis in Finland?
Freya is a very nice name, and if it sounds Icelandic I would only se that as a bonus since most things Icelandic just tends to sound very beautiful
Yeah I wonder where all these scandinavians are but I guess I will run into them eventually.
See you!
So you're asking me how life is in Finland as non-cis. Prepare for a long read.
Well....our trans-related laws are quite weird at some parts, and clearly not even designed with our comfort in mind. And, from what I've gathered from some people who know our politicians better than me, those laws are not going to get improved anytime soon. Yeah, sure, the guys at the top of the pile look OK at the first glance, but they're all conservative and somewhat religious. Plus, they're mostly rich "merchant-caste" people, who are almost certain to reduce taxes on themselves at the cost of overall higher taxes for everyone else. And we have an economic crisis going on, to boot. Go team Politics.
Then, there's those guys east of us. I'm actually starting to get a little bit worried about their warmongering.
I'm MtF, but I'm also about the age to get conscripted.
Technically, every male Finnish citizen goes through army training, and I'll have to get my transition up to speed if I am to convince them that I'm actually a woman. It will end up in a bureaucratic paperwork vortex, as far as I see. But at least I won't end up marching for days through forests in heavy combat gear. No soldier's life for me.
The people here.....well, everyone I've told has been supportive and kind.
Emphasis on "everyone I've told". I've met a lot of people who would insult me, or even hit me straight away, if they knew. I'm not that much of a stereotypical Finn, but I plan on carrying my knife with me when trying to pass. Just in case. I know that Finland, and other Scandinavian countries are quite safe, but it's better to be wary than dead. I am, if that did not clear it up, very, very much afraid of some bigot deciding to cut my throat when he realizes that I'm physically still male.
And, well, I really don't have that much connections to people. Aside the folks from school, and my brothers-in-harms in the Scouts. Most of the gang (we're more like a gang of crazy people than a Scout troop) are my long-time friends, and I can't even imagine any of them going against me if I told them. That's how close we are. Some of the new guys are quite worrying, though.
As for transition, I'm getting there with the psychologists. I have a ton of make-up and other cosmetics stuff, women's clothes (no skirts or dresses, however
) and somewhat long hair. Haven't begun passing yet, but I will before the summer ends.
This little "Trans-life in Finland" story has gone on for ages. Hope it was not a boring read
Well, you asked for it.
-Freya.
BTWPS, I have just seriously been writing this single damned comment for hours. It's almost midnight! Curse you, perfectionism! I now need a good long sleep. God natt, or however it is said in Swedish....
