Introductions, introductions, of course

[Artificial Man]

Hello

I am 27 years old and someone you could call a genderqueer: I do not have a gender.

I have felt this way for - well I don't know how long: it's hard to give exact dates because, well, I was born biologically male, but I never have thought of myself as a male. Still, I have never really thought about my gender all that much, so I don't know when I first started realizing that I really do not belong in the "male" box.

But it's been about 3-to-4 years since I first started thinking about castration and "becoming a non-gendered person". Yet, I never thought I had any chances until the end of last year when I started seriously talking about it with my therapist. And now, I've determined to try to get a transdiagnosis and see if they are willing to operate on me, even though I am extremely terrified about the thought of surgical operation. But with all my fears, I know that I'll never be as happy a person that I could if I do not go through with the operation - given that the doctors are willing to let me go through with it.

So, I decided to look for some support, and I found this site. No this is not the only support I am seeking. I have actually contacted the local transsexual support organization and I hope I can start attending one of their support groups.

Well, now that that's over, here's some useless facts about me:

I am very sensitive to bright ligts: they make me sneeze (and I am extremely blessed with it because sneezing is one of the greatest things in life that I know of).

There are times when I drink 4-8 liters of water a day

I like board games - I'm a board game enthusiast

I am trying to learn to play the guitar, and maybe some day I can form my own transsexual band

I dig tomboys and trans men alot

What else... oh yes,
I love zombies, skeletons and stuffed plush toys.

Well, that was fun... kind of...

[Janet_Girl]

Hi AM,

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If you get an orchidectomy, you will need to decide which hormone you will need, as you will be post-menopausal.  And at your age that is not a good thing.  I know because I am 3 months post-orchie and now estrogen has free reign. 
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Janet

[K8]

Welcome to Susan's, Artificial Man. 

There's a lot of good information and good people here.  Each of our stories is unique but we have a lot in common.  Many of us don't fit neatly into any box - that's why we're here.  Settle in, pull up a keyboard, and explore.

Happy exploring.

- Kate

[Artificial Man]

Thank you Kate and Janet for your warm welcomes. I do appreciate them.

I must admit that I'm a lousy message board user. I just don't feel at home in the message boards. But, from what I've seen it seems like there is quite alot of information on this forum. That is good indeed. But boy, is it gonna take me a while to read everything...

[V M]

Hi AM 

Welcome to Susan's 

- VM

[no_id]

Yo AM, another Andro/GQ onboard. Nice.
Looking forward to seeing you 'round the boards. Welcome.

[Purple Pimp]

Welcome!

I'm quite the board games enthusiast myself.   What games do you like?  I've recently been enjoying Race for the Galaxy (there's a great application you can find online to play with an AI) putting off the writing I should be doing.  If you're ever in GA, there's a nice gaming community here that I think would be pretty welcoming.

Lia

[cynthialee]

Welcome to the forum.

[Artificial Man]

Welcome!

I'm quite the board games enthusiast myself.   What games do you like?  I've recently been enjoying Race for the Galaxy (there's a great application you can find online to play with an AI) putting off the writing I should be doing.  If you're ever in GA, there's a nice gaming community here that I think would be pretty welcoming.

Lia

Hiya, Lia

Yeah, the board games I've been playing lately (well, now I haven't been able to attend the local board game meeting in two weeks, but anyway) are Caylus Magna Carta, Stone Age and Witchs' Brews. Then I play some random games (I like to try out new games - you never know what might turn out to be an awesome game). Three weeks ago I tried Hamburgum - which I didn't like at all - and then I've played games like Galaxy Trucker too, which was pretty good.

I have not actually tried Race For The Galaxy yet. I've heard it's quite good. I hope I can try it out some day.

I wish I could travel to GA, but as I live in Finland, that's a little bit too much to travel for me. But thanks for your offer. I have been planning visiting The States some day, so I might just drop by and take your offer

And to everyone else too, thank you for your warm welcomes, I appreciate them very much