Hello. Am I in the right place?

[Nevelle]

Hi.

I'm Nevelle and I wonder if I am in the right place.

I was born male - or so everyone thought - and brought up as a male.  However, I always had doubts about my gender.  On of the reasons for this, apart from my feminine feelings, was that I grew breasts during my puberty years.  Eventually they developed so that they filled a "C"-cup bra.  Well, to cut a long story short, I am now 68 years old and two years ago I was diagnosed as having a rare intersex condition known as Ovotestis.  I was offered the option of either having my ovary removed or having sexual reasignment surgery to make me into a complete woman.  I turned down both offers and have decided to live my life as Mother Nature made me - somewhere in-between the sexes.

I look forward to hearing from you all and especially from those who are in a similar situation to myself.

Lot's of love,

Nevelle

[K8]

Welcome to Susan's, Neville.    Yes, you are in the right place.

There's a lot of good information and good people here.  Each of our stories is unique but we have a lot in common.  Settle in, pull up a keyboard, and explore.

Be sure to look under the Announcements heading.  There you will find the rules we live by in this little world of ours: "Site Terms of Service and Rules to Live By", "Standard Terms and Definitions", and "Post Ranks".

You have a couple of years on me, and as far as I know I had a male body even though I'm a woman.  Over Christmas I read a book my sister bought, "Between XX and XY", that is a very good description of the various intersex conditions, so at least I now know what ovotestis is (are?). 

We seem to come in a lot of flavors here on Susan's, but we have our gender-variance in common and end up with a lot of the same issues.

Welcome, and happy exploring.

- Kate

[Janet_Girl]

Hi Neville,

Welcome to our little family. Over 3900 strong. That would be one heck of a family reunion.

Feel free to post your successes/failures, Hopes/dreams.  Ask questions and seek answers. Give and receive advice.

But remember we are family here, your family now. And it is always nice to have another member.

And be sure to check out

• Site Terms of Service and rules to live by
  
• Standard Terms and Definitions
  
• Post Ranks
  

Hugs and Love,
Janet