I've been lurking here for a month or so, and decided I really like the atmosphere, so I decided to introduce myself.
My name's Holly, and I'm a male-to-female from the UK.
I started having transgender feelings a few years ago, but I just sort of filed them away for future examination. For a while I thought I might be androgynous, since I had never really felt female in childhood (that I remember), but had definitely never felt male either.
Over time, they've become much more intense, and now I'm virtually certain that I'm transsexual. Nonetheless, I still have occasional days where I question myself. I came out to my mom about two months ago, and she seems accepting enough. I went to my GP soon after, and I'm currently waiting on a referral to a nearby NHS mental health clinic.
I don't get much facial hair yet, so I'm holding out some hope that they (the wizards?) might prescribe me androgen blockers to cut of the latter end of puberty and to save me on all that expensive, painful electrolysis later on. Does anyone know whether this is likely?
My best hopes are to transition at or before university. Doing it now is completely out of the question, since they (the wizards again?) made me go to an all-boys school (
). I always knew it was a bad idea, but my transgender feelings at 11 were nowhere near as strong as they are now. Being around only one gender for most of the time isn't good for anyone, especially when that gender isn't yours.
