How Hard Is It To Transition In Your Hometown?

[Natasha]

How Hard Is It To Transition In Your Hometown?

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-hard-is-it-to-transition-in-your.html
Monica Roberts
7/15/09

Back in the day when transpeople were advised to keep their transitions secret and never let anyone know their status, one strategy for doing so was relocating to another city or state far from your birthplace.

Today, many transpeople reject that and are opting to stay right in their hometowns and transition.

[Janet_Girl]

I, for one, am transitioning in my hometown.  Or at least close enough to it.

Janet

[tekla]

I would think it depends on your hometown and your status in it more than anything else.

[lisagurl]

It also depends on what you mean hometown. I do not live where I was born and I lived many places in between. I do not feel that I have roots anywhere. But I am living where I did before transition and most people that know me do not say anything.

[Miniar]

My home town contains a TOTAL of 18.000 people.
There's three therapists there, and the best choice was all "can't help... talk to these ppl in Reykjavík".

So, doing it all at home is impossible.

That's why I'm a 5 hour drive (or 45 minute flight) away.

[Butterfly]

Back in the day when transpeople were advised to keep their transitions secret and never let anyone know their status, one strategy for doing so was relocating to another city or state far from your birthplace.

Today, many transpeople reject that and are opting to stay right in their hometowns and transition.

That may be true for some peeps but there are also many transpeople that leave their countries once they've transitioned.  I'm one of them.