My crazy idea

[Amoré]

Hi all well let me share my crazy idea with you guy's and get your feedback on this.

I have this mad idea to start a youtube channel 
Well it would basically start off with my life experience about being trans like the normal jabber that is going on. The life story and all. I don't even know if I am interesting enough as a trans person to have a channel.

The idea is basically documenting the rest of my transition and being a transgender parent in that as well. My child is now only 3 the challenges and all that we face the worries and how she handles it. What we do with schools with her and all.

I am on my way to have a major event happen to me the change of my id is in the mists and that would have me as female. I would like to feel I am contributing to South Africa's trans community and also to the world.

The only thing is I am opening myself up for people to know I am trans in this process. I don't mind being seen as trans anymore because that is what I am. I realized you can live a pretty normal life even if you are trans. What do you guy's think would I waist my time is there too much youtubers fighting for scraps.

[Denise]

I like it.  I'm considering writing a book about it

[Amoré]

Trans parenting is another ball game all on its own we have Gigi that I absolutely adore. There is a lot of transgender people documenting their transition but it is younger people no children never was married. I am also learning as I go along to master the art of being a transgender parent it is all new to me and having my child from such a young age active in my life and actively transitioning with her in it is a blessing. I know I will never reach Gigi status but that is not the idea in this case it is being an active member in a part of the community that is transgender parents.

[Amoré]

I like it.  I'm considering writing a book about it

Writing a book is also a good idea, Some people just have a unique perspective and insight that appeals to the masses. If you got it flaunt it like they say.

[OCTrisha]

Trans parenting is another ball game all on its own we have Gigi that I absolutely adore. There is a lot of transgender people documenting their transition but it is younger people no children never was married. I am also learning as I go along to master the art of being a transgender parent it is all new to me and having my child from such a young age active in my life and actively transitioning with her in it is a blessing. I know I will never reach Gigi status but that is not the idea in this case it is being an active member in a part of the community that is transgender parents.

I think discussing it from the point of view as a parent of a young child is a great idea and can be very helpful for many others.  I am struggling whether to proceed with HRT and possibly/eventually transitioning while also still wondering how all of this would affect my 7-year old daughter who (obviously) means the world to me.  It's easy to say that you have to care of yourself first before you can take care of others, but it's much trickier when you have young children to raise. 

[Amoré]

I think discussing it from the point of view as a parent of a young child is a great idea and can be very helpful for many others.  I am struggling whether to proceed with HRT and possibly/eventually transitioning while also still wondering how all of this would affect my 7-year old daughter who (obviously) means the world to me.  It's easy to say that you have to care of yourself first before you can take care of others, but it's much trickier when you have young children to raise.

The question is how much more of a loving parent would you be if you where to be free. I can't tell you how much I have grown as a parent since I transitioned. Could you bring better value into her life more love? My child is unphased by the change at this stage. She did not want to go home last weekend she cried for me and her mom had to pull her off me to separate us. TBH divorce would cause more emotional turmoil than transitioning for a child because they lose so much more.She will not lose a parent that loves her if you transitioned would she?

She still calls me dad and that is one of the challenges but people does not even bat an eyelid.

[Amoré]

One of the interesting aspects is I am involved with a man now and how she acts towards him. She still sees me as her dad but know I am female if you ask her am I a he or a she she will tell you I am a she. So it brings another aspect to the picture.

[Kylo]

There are a lot of Youtubers who are trans out there already but so what? If you make your content concise and accessible for people who's to say you won't thrive? If you network within the online trans community other people might well promote your content and you might become a popular channel. And you are right, it can help other people, including yourself to document the process.

My only concern if I were you would be if you were ready for people to see you on YouTube admitting your trans status. The community has the best and the worst of humanity to offer, and you might need to have a thick skin because people may well make negative response videos to your content, or leave negative comments (probably only likely if you do become well known). If it might put you in danger, if people might recognize you that would threaten you, or doxx you, you need to be careful. Once something is out there it can sometimes not be taken back.

If you don't think this will be a problem and could do regular content to satisfy a following, I can't see why you shouldn't go for it...

Some people just do it for themselves as well as a means to vent.

[ghostbees]

I like it.  I'm considering writing a book about it

If you do write a book send me a link [emoji5]
I've always been interested in writing, maybe I should write one myself.


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[LizK]

I have been taking roughly one selfie a day in the same position since Sept 2015. It is a head and shoulders shot...I intend to keep it going till September this year and then make them into a morphing video. They are not all happy photos either so the mix could be interesting...When I look at the same photo from then to now the change is so amazing and I still have such a long way to go.

Liz

[Sophia Sage]

Alternatively, you could finish transitioning and step into a woman's life for a while, and see what it's like on the other side, without a trans narrative.  You can always go back to it if you want, but once you out yourself in such a manner, some doors will become tightly closed.

Was it your dream to "be trans" or to "be female"?

[Amoré]

Alternatively, you could finish transitioning and step into a woman's life for a while, and see what it's like on the other side, without a trans narrative.  You can always go back to it if you want, but once you out yourself in such a manner, some doors will become tightly closed.

Was it your dream to "be trans" or to "be female"?

You are right about this dream is to be female.   No matter what I do I will always be a transgender female

[Sophia Sage]

You are right about this dream is to be female.

We spend so much time in transition -- not just physical time, but mental time -- that it tends to become all-consuming.  But transition isn't really the point, I think.  It's built into the word, movement from one place to another.  I say, keep your eyes on the prize, on where you always wanted to go.  See what it's like.  The journey getting there sure is something, yes, and something special... but journeys end, and then we are where we are.  And we have to live there. 

I... never wanted to live in my car.

There are plenty of youtube channels about transition.  There's only one you.  Live for your deepest truth. 

[Amoré]

We spend so much time in transition -- not just physical time, but mental time -- that it tends to become all-consuming.  But transition isn't really the point, I think.  It's built into the word, movement from one place to another.  I say, keep your eyes on the prize, on where you always wanted to go.  See what it's like.  The journey getting there sure is something, yes, and something special... but journeys end, and then we are where we are.  And we have to live there. 

I... never wanted to live in my car.

There are plenty of youtube channels about transition.  There's only one you.  Live for your deepest truth.

Good advice and I will definitely take this into consideration. I actually want to change jobs because everyone knew me before my transition and gets pronouns wrong and things sometimes. I am waiting for my new id that states I am female then I am going to start looking for new work as a sql developer. 

[AnonyMs]

I watch a fair amount of YouTube, trans and otherwise, and I think there's always room for new content as long as its of interest. While there's tons of trans content, I've either seen it or it doesn't interest me much, and there's too little new content that I like rather than too much.

I think the difficulty will be whether you can make something that enough people want to watch, and that will depend on what you have to say and your personality - not on the competition.

There's plenty of video's about how to get started.

[Amoré]

I watch a fair amount of YouTube, trans and otherwise, and I think there's always room for new content as long as its of interest. While there's tons of trans content, I've either seen it or it doesn't interest me much, and there's too little new content that I like rather than too much.

I think the difficulty will be whether you can make something that enough people want to watch, and that will depend on what you have to say and your personality - not on the competition.

There's plenty of video's about how to get started.

I will agree there is really a lot of content on how to get started transition journey's and all. This would be more focused on the aspect of my life and being a transgender parent. Some funny things happening in my life.

[lc100]

I agree with Kylo. In general, please make sure you feel safe and secure before starting it up. Make sure you can handle the bad comments too, as he said.

Otherwise, I think your idea is cool. You could always try to look for other trans people who are parents on YouTube (or just around your age), and gain their support. Even if you don't have a large amount of subscribers, you should be able to gain the support of other relatively small trans YouTubers and it'll be like a tiny family. So, even if you're not "popular," you're at least documenting your life in a fun way and making some friends.

[Amoré]

I will think about this still a little bit my daughter went home to mom I am heartbroken like usual 

We had such an amazing weekend and bonded so well me and my daughter have a very special bond. It was threatened by depression and mental illness at a stage in my life. I wanted to take my life really badly because the pain of living without her and my ex was just too much.

I still get day's where I feel like this life and transition gets too much for me. So tonight is a very emotional night for me. I miss her