Hello there. I'm Tommy. I'm 20 and have been questioning my gender since I was five or six, but never knew how to come out, as I lived a very sheltered life up until the age of 15 and never quite learned what it was to be trans. I remember stumbling across a Candy Darling fansite when I was about seven, and being overjoyed that there was such a thing as trans and that SRS existed, but my mother always watched me on the computer and made me close the page. As soon as I had free internet access I started to do research, but there were still heavy parental controls on my computer. I left home at 15 to live with other relatives, and came out in March this year. My family are very, very opposed to things, but it's possible that I shall be moving out for good late this year. I see a GIC but haven't yet changed my birth name to my own (it's not Tommy, but I'm stealth so I can't give that out).
I think I'm genderqueer, but I do desperately want a male body. I haven't told the GIC, or my family. Only a few select friends know. I fear the GIC would kick me out if I came out as genderqueer, and the NHS certainly wouldn't give me surgery. So, for now, I'm male, closeted genderqueer. Nice to meet yous all.
