Hi all!
I'm not sure that I have much to say that hasn't been said by others before, but I thought I might give a brief outline of my gender before I start making a fool of myself in too many threads.
When I was a kid I was pretty sure I was going to grow up to be a woman. I knew that there might be some issues with this given my anatomy, but my family was very religious, so I did believe in miracles. My teenage years did not turn out to be very miraculous, however. I faded away into a shadow of myself, before finding a relatively androgynous presentation in my 20s. Kids at least sometimes ask if I'm a boy or a girl, even if not as many adults call me "miss" as a few years ago.
Oh yeah, somewhere in there I was rejected from serving in missions with the church I was part of. I had to fill out this form and even though there were no questions about trans issues, they did ask if I was gay so I thought I should write about occasional crossdressing and my trans desires. A friend got in and that's when I found out that evangelicals see transgender issues as worse than pornography and premarital sex. Well, that complicated my religious views.
I'm nearly 30 now, and I want to take my first steps presenting myself as female, because I can't die without knowing how that would work out for me. It does seem like my gender dysphoria is more significant in the winter -- it's still there in summer, but I am an outdoors person so I'm a lot busier then.
Anyway, I'm joining the forum primarily to find people who can help me take my next steps, wherever they may go.
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Kacey
