Poll: Do you want GRS?

[Tessa James]

I am one of those with mixed feelings.  If it was just a matter of waving the magic wand I would have been there ages ago.  The current reality of surgery and recovery requires much more of a commitment than I am ready for.  The risks and uncertainties outweigh my desire, need and ability to have a neo-vagina for now.

I will have an orchiectomy but I have coped well enough with having this anatomy that can still be part of the fun.  We will see where we are down the road.

[MichaelaLJ1972]

My genitalia are a major source of dysphoria, so I'd love to have the surgery. The only reason I go back an forth on it is because I am unsure I could ever save the amount of money it takes to get it done.

[ChasingAlice]

I want an orchie.

[Lady_Oracle]

I need grs

[ChasingAlice]

I would love to have complete grs, but mom has fistula issues and I want no part of that!

[Elsa Delyth]

If I had more faith in medical technology, or they could do more than what is currently possible, then I'd do it -- but what is available now isn't significant enough to interest me. Maybe someday.

The media I think tends to paint GRS as the most important thing, with the rather distaste description of a "sex change operation". I think that in reality, the face is what trans people see as the most important thing. That's what people use to identify gender more than anything else.

[ChasingAlice]

If I had more faith in medical technology, or they could do more than what is currently possible, then I'd do it -- but what is available now isn't significant enough to interest me. Maybe someday.

The media I think tends to paint GRS as the most important thing, with the rather distaste description of a "sex change operation". I think that in reality, the face is what trans people see as the most important thing. That's what people use to identify gender more than anything else.

There is a lot of truth in what you just posted.

[V M]

I've been a bit indecisive on it lately, which is strange after so many years of hoping and wishing for a way to finance such a procedure 

I realize that should the opportunity ever arise I will have to make a decision, but it has become a "I'll cross that bridge when I find it" sort of thing for me at this time

Mostly I'm a bit of a chicken and the thought of undergoing any kind of surgery frightens the stuff out of me

[Joi]

I marked the one that said "I want it"  And I will get it next month. Have wanted this for most of my life, but let my concerns for the welfare of others keep me from being me and taking this step.  I finally learned that much of the misery in my life was due to my unwillingness to accept myself.  I've done that now & the surgery will be a validation that I deserve.

[Kellam]

It is more of a need than a want. I am almost at the end of the year of hrt my insurance requires. When I get my living situation straightened out surgery will be the next step.

[stephaniec]

I want it and need it and I can do it if I make the decision. My problem is a medical issue unrelated to any concern about GCS in it self. My problem is because I have no one the help me for the 3 or 4 months getting strong enough to shop and take care of daily chores and then on top of that if during the healing my Rheumatoid Arthritis goes wacko I'll be jumping off the nearest building I can find. If I find a solution to the collateral problems I'd really like to do it , but I very afraid of the pain that my body would put me through if I got unlucky and the stuff hit the fan when recovering. I have enough problems during flu season if one of those little bastards gets through.

[Kayla88]

For me getting the surgery is important and something I want as soon as I can.

[Randi]

I've certainly given SRS a lot of thought.  I've determined that there are only three surgeons that I would trust with the job. (Bowers, McGinn and Brassard). 

Years of hypogonadism, followed by estrogen, have left me with very little donor material.  I have less "hangy down" stuff than many CIS women. When I get out of the bath and look in the mirror, I see a woman there.
I have no interest in having sex with men.

If recovery time were shorter, dilation protocols simpler, and complications less frequent, it would be very tempting.

I could use the $20K or so needed for SRS for a sports car or a grand tour of Europe.   

[NataliaDoll]

I want it and would get it tomorrow if I could. I know it could be risky and the feeling could be different but me personally I have never used my genitalia anyways. I feel like my sex life would go through the roof if I get srs. I plan on getting it in the summer. Plus it's easier to wear tight clothes I hate tucking

[Roni]

I want it and would get it tomorrow if I could. I know it could be risky and the feeling could be different but me personally I have never used my genitalia anyways. I feel like my sex life would go through the roof if I get srs. I plan on getting it in the summer. Plus it's easier to wear tight clothes I hate tucking

Tucking is a B! Even though I get tucking down as perfectly as possible, duct tape, with a gaffe and tight underwear to boot, I still get self-conscious and end up wearing long, often flowy tops that go past and cover my pubic area. It is difficult for me to pull off a normal sized T-shirt as I start getting worried a bulge is visible. Well hey, long flowy tops often scream feminine anyway.

[Jill F]

Apparently I need the whole shebang to be right with the world.  In a year, I'll have it.

[Kayla88]

Tucking is a B! Even though I get tucking down as perfectly as possible, duct tape, with a gaffe and tight underwear to boot, I still get self-conscious and end up wearing long, often flowy tops that go past and cover my pubic area. It is difficult for me to pull off a normal sized T-shirt as I start getting worried a bulge is visible. Well hey, long flowy tops often scream feminine anyway.

Yea its difficult tucking. I tend to go with a thing under any underwear, I try not to think about things too much but definatley a big fear of mine is something showing down there!! I would love to do sports again without any worry and of course get to wear a bikini with no fear.

I imagine duct tape as rather painful to take off though!!

[Anna33]

I am a transgender woman, the penis is part of me. I have no issues with my genital. A lot of trans women are against  ->-bleeped-<-s, but to be honest I think that gives me an edge that cisgender women dont have.

I am a woman. Yes, but my penis is just a penis, it doesnt make me less of a woman because my BRAIN is female. I am already a woman. If I dont do anything.. Hormones or surgeries... I am still a woman.

I just want society to see what I am. My genitals are not a package deal of my society image. Thats for me and my lovers.

Bravo 100% agree. Plus, the cis girls i know think it looks sexy


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[NataliaDoll]

Tucking is a B! Even though I get tucking down as perfectly as possible, duct tape, with a gaffe and tight underwear to boot, I still get self-conscious and end up wearing long, often flowy tops that go past and cover my pubic area. It is difficult for me to pull off a normal sized T-shirt as I start getting worried a bulge is visible. Well hey, long flowy tops often scream feminine anyway.

I use sports tape and gaff and then I put a hip/butt garment over it. I haven't had anything fall out of place in public but I wind up fixing it twice a day. I have to undo it when I pee :/

[Lara1969]

It is great for me to live with a vagina. No more tucking and sex with men is one of the best thinks I ever had. I feel so complete and so feminine with a vagina.

But if I could I just would be a CIS. I have no interest in being different. I know I am different but it should not be visible when entering a sauna or when going swizwith my twins.