Hello everyone
How I got to join the family(susan's place):
About three years ago, when I first started researching for a place to get my Letter of Recommendation for hormone Therapy, I landed on Susan's place. I went away from Susan's whan I had gotten what I needed. Now 3 years later I've found myself in a position where I want to speak and network with others who are in a situation like my own and where transitional subject aren't looked down upon.
Apart from this I have also recently made a website, a database of sorts, witch in time will become a comprehensive database of practical oriented information about transition, no political info what so ever and in my native language. There isn't really that many comprehensive resources on the practical side of transition in danish.
So i need to update my knowledge and at the same time I might be able to learn something myself and talk with new people.
About me, Before hrt:
I was born intersex, raised male, didn't undergo Intersex genital mutilation.
My natural hormone balance is right between male/female typical levels, so my body developed androgenous, with hip, breast and beard growth. No functional reproduktive organs and a female phenotype. My developement was at the level of a 12 year old girl/14 year old boy, until I started hrt at age 26.
I was isolated my whole life, didn't fit the male gender mold, had a few breakdowns, where i just stopped living in man-mode.... but was beaten severily every time.
started a transition at age 21 without hrt, de-trantioned and started transition again at age 26 with hrt.
My hormone treatment was hard to get to work, because my gynocologist didn't have any experience with intersex people, so my puberty started really really slowly at age 26. we got to the golden hormone levels at march 2015(I am 29 now) and my puberty started for real. So now I am experiencing a load of changes, including emotional and physical ones. changes that has occured: breasts enlarged, hips broadened...alot, massive loss of strenght... I don't look like a 12-14 year old boy/girl anymore. fat deposits has become more feminine. I cry more, get more emotionally attached to stuff. a contant feeling of a great big empty nothingness of "I don't know how to fill this void"... but my girlfriends says that is a normal part of puberty... I might just have to trust her on that one.... what else can I do.
How do I spend my time?
I'm a full time Intersex Activist, that is really all I do, leading an organisation for the rights of intersex people, in Denmark. I try get some time for myself now and then, but I rarely do. I do it bacause i hate seeing the damage the lack of rights have done to my friends and I have an immense feeling of " i have to stop this from happening(late term abortions, forced hormonal treatment, genital mutilation, no right acknowledged.... like at all, no bodily autonomy) and no one should ever have to go through the same f-ing BS as I or any of my friend have had to go through and are going through.
Apart from this I'm uploading transition knowledge(how to pass better) to a database i've made and I'm a member of the national LGBT counsel for transgender politics.
I also play guitar.
I have chosen to not speak of my personal experiences in relation to being intersex and how that relates to medical stuff..... because... uhm... private.
Hope to hear from y'all and have a nice day
sincerly
StephDK
