Hello, new on this site.

[warrenm]

Hello everyone, I'm Warren
I'm new to this forum and was wondering if anyone could offer advice.
I was born female, but I think I'm trans masculine (or somewhere on the spectrum of transgender) or just androgynous. I'm fine with female or male pronouns but I changed my name to Warren because it's neutral. I know I want to have top surgery but I'm mostly fine with the rest of my body.
I was wondering if anyone sort of identifies with this or maybe could give me clarity as to what I'm feeling.
Hearing other people's experiences would help very much.
Thanks
(I'm 16 btw)

[Dena]

Welcome to Susan's Place. What you describe is part of the non binary but you really haven't provided enough information for me to even make a guess. I was binary as a transsexual so my feelings don't really match yours. What I can do is provide two links that might be useful. The first is our WIKI where you are likely to find the term you are after. The "the transition channel" might not be as useful but I am providing it just in case you find something useful in it. Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.

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[Kendra]

Hi Warren, and welcome!

I am not trans masculine but you will meet many here who are.

I am MTF but my appearance is currently a bit androgynous.  Sorta kinda female with those clothes and a touch of makeup, or sorta kinda male with guy clothes on.

I was misgendered today and that actually made me feel great because I was in male mode (or sorta male mode) and someone assumed I was sorta female.  I didn't aim to be androgynous but I am experiencing that on a daily basis as I move along the spectrum toward my goal.  I suppose that is one reason transition is called transition. 

[Dan]

Hi Warren, and welcome!

I identify as male and am transitioning to male.  I don't hate my body either, but top surgery would make me feel more strongly aligned with my male identity, as would a change in voice and body shape and that is why I recently started on T ( not much to show for it so far other than oily hair and skin  ).

When I first found out about what transgender meant ( only a few months ago, yeah it took a long time), trans people seemed to have one thing in common: extreme hate of specific parts of their anatomy, depression and suicidal thoughts.

I didn't fit into that box, maybe because I felt that most of my life I was 'misgendered' as male, wore male clothing ( jeans, shirts, nothing too strong) and I was fine with that. After reading about how many trans people felt so depressed I thought that I couldn't be trans because while I'm not happy with being in a female body, I wasn't depressed or suicidal.

However, it is not necessary to feel so low about oneself to be considered trans. Being trans is about how you perceive yourself in your head v what body you have been born with: the two are not aligned. There is a mismatch. That made sense to me because that defines me in a nutshell. I never felt female and if somebody calls me 'lady' or 'she' , I don't identify that with me, although I recognize that this is how others see me ( especially now that I'm 47 and not 37 and looking like a teenage boy anymore).  I"m a clear case of transgender FTM, and I'm happy that I found a way towards being seen by others as male, and not just something I am in my head. No more fake female, but real male 

[Raell]

Welcome to the forum-I relate to that.

I'm a non-transitioning, nonbinary partial transmale who dresses and lives androgynously, with male leanings.

Despite my 64-yr-old female body, my behavior is decidedly masculine..almost more so than most cismales, as least that's what they complain whenever any of them tries to keep up with me.

My hobbies include; building new inventions to help me in my fanatical extreme bird photography hobby, breaking and training horses to trail ride and drive for personal use, driving my motorbike, surfboarding, hiking, swimming, traveling, designing and making my own comfortable androgynous clothing and underwear, music, writing, reading, physics, astronomy, etc.,  but I am an English literature professor who has been teaching ESL in Thailand since 2010, although about to return to the US for health reasons

[V M]

Hi Warren 

Welcome to Susan's Place    Glad to have you here, join on in the fun

Hugs

V M

[Laurie]

Hi Warren,

I'm Laurie MtF and am in transition. I would like to welcome you to Susan's Place  and tell you there are many here like you that are willing to talk to you and give you whatever answers and support that they can. In fact there are others here that are not  FtM that want to help and support you also. It is what this site was made to do.

Welcome Warren.

Hugs,
   Laurie