So why not?

[Northern Star Girl]

@Lilis  @ChrissyRyan 

Lori Dee's reply to your questions are exactly correct:

      YES... Here on the Transsexual Talk sub-forum board:
    https://www.susans.org/index.php/board,28.0.html

              Female to male transsexual talk (FTM)
          https://www.susans.org/index.php/board,27.0.html
A place for male identified trans people to talk about issues they face in their daily lives.
  Sub-Boards: Testosterone    FTM Top Surgery    FTM Bottom Surgery FTM Gear

              Male to female transsexual talk (MTF)
          https://www.susans.org/index.php/board,51.0.html
A place for female identified trans people to talk about issues they face in their daily lives.
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[Lilis]

Pre-op discussions would fall under the specific FtM or MtF thread here in the Transexual Talk forums.

As you correctly surmised, the Non-Op is for those who have no intention of getting surgery.
Post-Op Life is for those who have already had transition surgery.

Under the Forum Transgender Talk is for transitioning of any type, including surgery, with its own sub-forum for Non-transitioning or De-transitioning discussions.

I hope this helps.

@Lilis  @ChrissyRyan 

Lori Dee's reply to your questions are exactly correct:

      YES... Here on the Transsexual Talk sub-forum board:
    https://www.susans.org/index.php/board,28.0.html

              Female to male transsexual talk (FTM)
          https://www.susans.org/index.php/board,27.0.html
A place for male identified trans people to talk about issues they face in their daily lives.
  Sub-Boards: Testosterone    FTM Top Surgery    FTM Bottom Surgery FTM Gear

              Male to female transsexual talk (MTF)
          https://www.susans.org/index.php/board,51.0.html
A place for female identified trans people to talk about issues they face in their daily lives.
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Our moderation team is most happy to assist.

HUGS, Danielle [Northern Star Girl]
The Forum Admin
                  cc:  @Devlyn  @Jessica_Rose  @Mariah  @Lori Dee  @Sarah B

Thank you everyone! 🫂💓🌹

[Sephirah]

This whole thing is a minefield. I am non-op but also wanting to be pre-op, but never likely to fall into that category. People do things for different reasons. And sometimes you can't have a category which fits someone exactly. Most of which we can't begin to understand, because we're not them, and everyone is unique. The site tries its best to cater for everyone, but I doubt that's honestly possible. You can only identify with the things you most closely identify with. And don't let the rest bother you.

[Lori Dee]

I am non-op but also wanting to be pre-op

Non-op means no desire for surgery.
Pre-op means wants to have surgery, whether it happens or not doesn't matter. As you said, some people want it but can't for various reasons.

[Sephirah]

Non-op means no desire for surgery.
Pre-op means wants to have surgery, whether it happens or not doesn't matter. As you said, some people want it but can't for various reasons.

See that's kind of the mix up. I physically can't have surgery. I am non-op because I literally can't have surgery. And pre-op is giving me a hope I can't have. Doesn't mean I don't want it. Just that it's a physical impossibility. I can't say I am pre-op because I cannot ever see a time where being post op will ever be a thing. So I have to be realistic.

As I say, it's a minefield, lol.

Just be you, and let everything else sort itself out.

[ChrissyRyan]

I may end up being preOP forever, and then I suppose I should have been classified as NonOp.  I suppose it depends on my whatever my current desire for the surgery is.

In the meantime I am not letting either classification label influence me in any way!


Chrissy

[Lilis]

See that's kind of the mix up.

As I say, it's a minefield, lol.

Just be you, and let everything else sort itself out.

Exactly this. I'll try to wrap my head around it another time. 🤯