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Hey guys Aaron the teenage transguy is here again lol. Anyways i was thinking the other day that it would be great if we created this thread and everyone could contribute their own positive aspect of being a transguy. Soz if its stupid but I just thought that because our life is full of depression and dysphoria, that it would help to remember the positive things of life :) . So anyone plz add your own positive thing about being a transguy and I hope no one finds this stupid. haha  ;D

Ill add a positive by saying that at least we can keep an erection for as long as we want lol! :D Also I guess you get to choose the size of your dick if you pack  ;)

positive side is; I can get horny without having the Akward Boner.com

Positive; can guarantee to your dates parents/guardian that you won't get your date pregnant and have intercourse still

hey good replies so far guys made me laugh  :D lets hope more ppl add some more :)

I'm training to become a therapist and having male and female perspectives to draw from has been helpful... otherwise I'd say the youthfulness in appearance, probably helps us age well in that regard

Quote from: lexical on October 02, 2011, 01:25:39 PM
otherwise I'd say the youthfulness in appearance, probably helps us age well in that regard

That hasn't been working so well for me. The older guys (my age and up to ten or fifteen years older) I hang around with think they're MUCH older than I am, but I'm clearly too old to be "chicken." So they don't consider me as a possibility. But I'm not cute enough or buff enough for the younger crowds. And the not-having-a-regular-penis thing is a bit of a dealbreaker anyway.

What's positive for me...uh, let me get back to you on that one. I like my therapist. Does that count?

Positive: Our unique perspective on life and appreciation of our gender. So we notice when we're being treated as male, and we're happy- whereas if we were 'cis' we wouldn't care or appreciate it so much, if at all. It could be taken negatively, but I think anything that has the capacity to make us appreciate things in life more than usual is a good thing.

It's made me more open-minded. I can't think of anything else about bein' trans that has contributed positively to my life in any way.

I consider it a curse that I can't knock up a girl, accidentally or otherwise.

I can't accidentally get someone pregnant.

We can get knee-ed in the groin without curling up and crying. :) I've actually found that to be a plus several times.

A penis of any size is worth being proud of

you have no "bits" to "go south" when you get old.

Found out my friends are all cooler people than I thought when I came out. XD

I know what teenage girls go through with their mothers too, though that's information with limited use and was no fun to acquire.

I can wear THESE SHOES! (http://www.zappos.com/geox-kids-jr-light-eclipse-fw11-youth-red-grey) If I were biologically male, I could never wear them ;_;! I also still fit in a lot of awesome kid's stuff :'D! I have an awesome Optimus Prime hat and gloves intended for small boys :'P. Makes my poor boyfriend look more and more like Pedobear as the days go by, but as long as I got my ID to prove I'm 21, he'll be fine :'D.

I just notice..

One of the very positive thing is I can look at it from both view of a situation which can be pretty usefull..

there many guys who kinda boast about that they know what women wants and like and so on so on.
it kinda make me laught because how can they know if they havent even been to a female toilet once in there life?

I find it kinda usefull when my female x male friend have problems then I somehow feel I can understand there situation alittle more,
hard to explain, but ex,
2 people are together, the guy want sex the girl have her period and reject him.
then I know how it is for guys and there sexual who are bigger than womens but I also knows how it is for girls to have there period.

normal people would find it hard to look exactly on both sides and could posible only see it from there own view.
"
I know this is probebly a bad exemple but it where the only one I could think about.

guys have less drama

no lines in bathrooms

no embarrassing boners

You can choose your dick size.

I find it spectacular to have a "feminine socialization" -- what with not living with my dad and being brought up as a girl, my sister and I could change in the same room, talk about periods XD, all sorts of stuff. Being a drag queen, it's handy to've been able to wear dresses as a child.

Being smaller makes me seem like less of a threat, so apparently the people my principal was afraid would hurt me (the big thuggish guys who are six foot eight foot twelve XD) find me to feminine and tiny (compared to them) to be any trouble, so they've never ganged up on me. They're generally more accepting, which is amusing.

Appreciating the diversity of genders is a nice bonus. And being more easily satisfied. Old man calls a cisguy "son" -- the guy will think nothing of it. I get called son, I'm still as ecstatic as the first time it ever happened. (This can come with the sad side-effect of being very sensitive to names and pronouns.)

My children are what comes to mind at that question.  I could of had children had I been born biologically male but they wouldn't be these children ... so I'm happy for that.

Also I agree that we have a unique perspective of both the male and the female worlds.  Although I never did fit into the female world, I did get a lot of inside information.

Also it has been said that we can have a dick that never goes soft and is always ready to go.   ;) 

It's hard, at times, to be thankful for it but I can appreciate the incredible life experience of transitioning.  Most people don't get the chance to realize who they are to such an extent.  It's a chance to be stronger and look deeper than most will ever do.  It's living so far out of the box you need a pair of binoculars to look back and see it.  It's an unique path and I'm grateful for what I have learned about myself and about the world around me. 

Quote from: Elijah on October 03, 2011, 04:31:17 PM
guys have less drama

no lines in bathrooms

no embarrassing boners

That just reminded me.
None of that awkward "walking into a bathroom expecting to piss and walking into a full goddamn conversation" crap anymore.
Seriously, why do women do that? Trying to wash my hands, having to elbow/shoulder/shove my way to the damn sink with these girls looking at me like I was the inconvenience? I never even pretended to understand that one.

Quote from: N.Chaos on October 03, 2011, 10:24:49 PM
That just reminded me.
None of that awkward "walking into a bathroom expecting to piss and walking into a full goddamn conversation" crap anymore.
Seriously, why do women do that? Trying to wash my hands, having to elbow/shoulder/shove my way to the damn sink with these girls looking at me like I was the inconvenience? I never even pretended to understand that one.

yes OMG noting is more awkward then trying to have a dump with a room full of chick friends having a conversation and then laughing when you fart. ITS A BATHROOM, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO POO IN THERE, NOT CHIT CHAT

I'm thankful that being transgendered gives me a unique perspective on gender. I am free to be who I want, without caring that "such and such is not okay for boys". I understand that gender is not so straitlaced as it seems, and that boys can enjoy "girly" things, and girls can enjoy "manly" things. This perspective has done a lot to shape my personality.

Quote from: Elijah on October 03, 2011, 10:26:45 PM
yes OMG noting is more awkward then trying to have a dump with a room full of chick friends having a conversation and then laughing when you fart. ITS A BATHROOM, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO POO IN THERE, NOT CHIT CHAT

Quote from: N.Chaos on October 03, 2011, 10:24:49 PM
That just reminded me.
None of that awkward "walking into a bathroom expecting to piss and walking into a full goddamn conversation" crap anymore.
Seriously, why do women do that? Trying to wash my hands, having to elbow/shoulder/shove my way to the damn sink with these girls looking at me like I was the inconvenience? I never even pretended to understand that one.

lol i know how it feels the girls take up room while doing their make up over the sink, and there no room for you to wash your hand :L

postive thing about being a transguy is that u can get what ever side packer or so :D and standing to pee ;)

No awkward bathroom chatting.

Seriously, why in the hell do women shoot the breeze with everyone in the bathroom? o.O;

I never got it either and im even one of the sissy ones..

Now this is a switch ... trying to think of something positive. I guess I'd have to go with the perspective thing. Not everyone gets to see life from both a male and female perspective and really understand what that's like.

when the girl (or guy) you really like sits on your lap and moves around she (or he) cant tell that you have a raging hard on. BTW i know this from personal experience.

and when that really hot girl (or guy) bends over to pick up her (or his) pencil right in front of you, you wont have to walk to your next class afraid to bump into someone. *wink*

I forgot, when I where in 7-10 grade my friend use to be so jelous on me because.
1, I had been in the girls room to see naked girls,
I had even seen the teacher in underwear,
and the hottest" girl on the school where always hanging around me, sitting on me lap and so on,
I guess it where because I where the only one who didnt get a boner by it. LOL

A positive thing I can think of is that guys don't feel the need to cling to each other everywhere they go or ask you to go to the bathroom with them. I'll never understand that one! Or how girls will be sitting stalls peeing and still talk to you, weird.

Another positive is learning things about relatives you never guess after coming out to them.

Being able to help out friends and their SOs during arguments. I may not "get" why women do some of the things they do, but I know where their thought process is coming from, I just don't "get" it. Make sense?

I also don't think I have the outlook that I do on some things were I born biologically male.

Lol, I'll say it:

SEX SKILLS

...Or is that just me? ;) :P

I think this one really only applies to gay transguys who are okay with outing themselves, but you can seriously screw people's minds during one of those 2 Truths & a Lie icebreaker activities.

I did this yesterday at an LGBT group and the facial expressions were priceless (everyone saw me as a cisgender gay male and were really confused).
1. I am homosexual.
2. I am female.
3. I am sexually attracted to females.

I guess I should add in my friends.  The main group of people I hang out with is almost all straight women.  If other guys come along they are usually...I guess arm candy would be the right phrase.  I don't think I would have ended up getting to know them if I had been born physically male.

Not sure how graphic I can be, but my girlfriend says I'm an amazing kisser, in many ways. She says I always touch her the right way in the right spots.
Helps that I know first hand where those spots are~

I don't know if this is 100% a positive thing... but you learn who people really are. 

I've learned lately how quick some people will turn their back on me because I'm trans.  And I've also learned how people I wasn't close to will reach their hand out to me in support because I'm trans.

Positive things about being trans in my opinion are:

1. Like so many of you already said, none of that awkward chatting in bathrooms!

2. No embarrassing random boners!

3. I think that once you find someone like an SO, you know they like you for who you are and not just something physical!

Quote from: Logan Bann on October 05, 2011, 10:27:03 AM
Another binder plus, it's got a nice calming effect when you first put it on.  I don't mean the dysphoria-lessening effect, I just mean the pressure itself has a nice hug sort of feeling.

Sorry I just don't get that Logan, I bloody hate the binder! I hate putting it on every day the best feeling is when I get to pull it off at night.. I will enjoy when I get to throw the bloody things away next summer after me surgery!

And my positive thought about being trans hmm honestly guys I read all of ur's and their cool what u all said, but I'm sorry I find being a transexual a curse :-/ 

Just how I feel....

Quote from: Monster on October 10, 2011, 11:38:54 AM
And my positive thought about being trans hmm honestly guys I read all of ur's and their cool what u all said, but I'm sorry I find being a transexual a curse :-/ 

Just how I feel....

I agree, but I think the point is more to find at least one good thing that came from it...

Quote from: JohnAlex on October 10, 2011, 12:15:09 AM
I don't know if this is 100% a positive thing... but you learn who people really are. 
...  And I've also learned how people I wasn't close to will reach their hand out to me in support because I'm trans.

i agree, ever since i've come out, even to the pple im not so close with, i've gotten alot closer with them. We talk as if we've known each other for years or somethin xD

Kind of a good feeling to know they've actually got your back

Quote from: Dante on October 10, 2011, 08:25:53 PM
I agree, but I think the point is more to find at least one good thing that came from it...

Yes I'm fully aware of that.. Sorry if I wasn't able to pin point a positive thing about being born this way.

I think, some of the positive thing as well is the people I have meet.
I have meet people I felt where really great and really close even some I felt in love with.
if I was born cis I problebly wouldnt be as close to them or I wouldnt know them since some of them are in the comparing of transgender comunety while others is people i have knowed when I came out and had someone to share my secret with.

This can be a positive thing and a negative thing. You get to see people's true colours. Coming out shows you who your real friends are. And I have to agree with everyone else here: choosing your dick size, not having to feel pain when someone kicks you there :P

Woah this got way more popular than I ever expected! LOL. Glad you guys have taken an interest and some of the comments hve been great  ;D
I understand that some of you find nothing positive about being trans and sometimes I feel that way too, but I just wanted to try and get myself and others in a more positive way of thinking  :)
I sound like a smart ass XD  :D Well thx for everyones replies  :)

Quote from: Aaron on October 13, 2011, 12:56:44 PM
Woah this got way more popular than I ever expected! LOL. Glad you guys have taken an interest and some of the comments hve been great  ;D
I understand that some of you find nothing positive about being trans and sometimes I feel that way too, but I just wanted to try and get myself and others in a more positive way of thinking  :)
I sound like a smart ass XD  :D Well thx for everyones replies  :)

no prob, I think its nice to try be posetive even if we mostly find it annoying.

another note,
positive thing about being trans for me is I got alittle more into the queer and androgyne art I might not be if I wasnt. but now I find it pretty cool.

Several
1. having periods and boobs and then being rid of them, you can then be more understanding of your gf.
2. being able to take it in the groin and not double up, that must real hurt for what I have seen do after getting hit.
3. being able to pick the size of your dick and when it would get hard.
4. being able to pee standing at an urinal without leaking or spraying
I could go on, but that is enough for now

Since most of us are pretty short (compared to cismen), airplane seats [economy class]aren't nearly as uncomfortable and we can actually move our legs somewhat.

Quote from: mm on October 13, 2011, 02:33:54 PM
Several
1. having periods and boobs and then being rid of them, you can then be more understanding of your gf.
2. being able to take it in the groin and not double up, that must real hurt for what I have seen do after getting hit.
3. being able to pick the size of your dick and when it would get hard.
4. being able to pee standing at an urinal without leaking or spraying
I could go on, but that is enough for now

Not to be a downer... but I can't do #4.

Quote from: mm on October 13, 2011, 02:33:54 PM
Several
1. having periods and boobs and then being rid of them, you can then be more understanding of your gf.
2. being able to take it in the groin and not double up, that must real hurt for what I have seen do after getting hit.
3. being able to pick the size of your dick and when it would get hard.
4. being able to pee standing at an urinal without leaking or spraying
I could go on, but that is enough for now

Is #4 a wish or a statement?  Genetic males miss an entire toilet by two feet and I think they were aiming at middle.
Old genetic males miss an entire toilet by three feet and are glad if they can still pee!

Did you not notice a reduction in length of line and wait times in male restroom?   :)

Yesterday my girlfriend texted me and said this, "Holy ->-bleeped-<-e. Thank you for being a boyfriend who understands periods. oAo"

TheAwesomePrussia,  we can certainly be more understanding of their periods.

wendy, I think the answer is both, wish and statement.  I wish we could have #4 as a result so I could use an urinal and not have to be concerned about who was around.  Right now for what I read with a meta the results are usually not long enough to easily use a urinal.  I know many guys have a problem with aiming when using a toilet.  I don't how one does with a toilet after the meta procedure.  I am still a few years before a meta or phallo, so I am looking and reading all I can now.  I have seen a few good looking phallo as far as peeing is concerned but I would like more feeling down there afterwards then they get now.

The most positive part for me is that it has provided a fascinating window into social psychology. Lots of interesting things I wouldn't have known or seen otherwise.

I love all the sayings that so awesome and so true, and don't forget one more the most positive part of being ftm is also so much more hotter then bio guys lol at least i think so am a bio guy but i have lots of love for my trans guys am always in on the support groups lots of love guys, like to help be there had a good friend who was FTM for long time learned alot form youtube, but ya my most fave was the dont hurt to be kicked in the nuts you could pretend it does then knee the guy back ha ha check out my blogs on YouTube markperry123

I forgot one important thing: meeting the folks on this site.  :P
(Not that you have to be trans to be on here, but I probably wouldn't have been.)

I have become SO open minded from being trans.

My whole family is racist and homophobic.  and I used to believe that being gay was wrong.  When I was like 16, I thought lesbians were gross, I thought MTFs were gross (but not FTMs, lol).   But that just came from my closed mind. 
Finding out I am trans pushed me into the LGBT community, where I became educated about other queer people.  and it shook my worldview and I realized that I don't know anything.  I got no right to pretend I do.
Unfortunately, my whole family didn't get that experience, so they all still think that they got a right to pretend they know everything.

JohnAlex, you're a good man to be tough enough to roll with change.

Quote from: JohnAlex on October 19, 2011, 01:40:49 AM
I have become SO open minded from being trans.

My whole family is racist and homophobic.  and I used to believe that being gay was wrong.  When I was like 16, I thought lesbians were gross, I thought MTFs were gross (but not FTMs, lol).   But that just came from my closed mind. 
Finding out I am trans pushed me into the LGBT community, where I became educated about other queer people.  and it shook my worldview and I realized that I don't know anything.  I got no right to pretend I do.
Unfortunately, my whole family didn't get that experience, so they all still think that they got a right to pretend they know everything.

Variations with people never bothered me.  I have always had eclectic friends.  I did wonder why a girl would want to be a gross guy?  He would become smelly, hairy, muscular and have a high sex drive.

However as I learned more, the FTM's have less drama than MTF's.  FTM's seem so much surer of themselves.

Quote from: JohnAlex on October 19, 2011, 01:40:49 AM
I have become SO open minded from being trans.

My whole family is racist and homophobic.  and I used to believe that being gay was wrong.  When I was like 16, I thought lesbians were gross, I thought MTFs were gross (but not FTMs, lol).   But that just came from my closed mind. 
Finding out I am trans pushed me into the LGBT community, where I became educated about other queer people.  and it shook my worldview and I realized that I don't know anything.  I got no right to pretend I do.
Unfortunately, my whole family didn't get that experience, so they all still think that they got a right to pretend they know everything.

true, well now I already live in a place with alot of forregian people and my famely are surported of gay folks so thats no deal, since I probebly still would be gay if i wasnt trans.

but I got to know more about gender in general I talk to people having conditions with there DNA as well as people who been gender experiementing and so. which are pretty cool, I might not know these kind of people existed if it wasnt because I was trans..

also one of my mtf friend came out to me and everyone ells and she have told me it where because I came out to her first.
so if I wasnt trans she would still be where she was before.

I just thought of something--you get to choose your own name!  ;D

Quote from: Dante on October 19, 2011, 06:39:47 PM
I just thought of something--you get to choose your own name!  ;D

Lol, of course! I didn't think of that either.  :D

well seam lame but we actually have a good reason to hate what we hate,
( I mean come one twillight and justin bieber hater, if you dont like just dont read it or listen to his songs no one will force you, )

Testosterone does a GREAT job on you guys  :P you guys pass SO well. Im so jealus!!!

Quote from: Logan Bann on October 19, 2011, 01:30:52 PM
This made me laugh  ;D what's not to love about that?  Damn, I want to be smelly, hairy, muscular, and maybe even sexy.  :laugh:

Inorite? I'm not really digging the hairy, but I love smelling more manleh and getting muscles. And I am really enjoying the high sex drive. So is my boyfriend.  ;D

As for other positive things, I'm gonna second John Alex. I grew up in Conservative Land. Even though I was told at a young age that you should still love someone even if they were gay, I still had a lot of issues with anything sex or gender related. I seriously considered becoming a nun so I would never have to deal with it. I was closeted, scared, closed-minded, and cautious. I never talked about how I felt and did a smashing job of avoiding thinking about it or interacting with anything that wouyld bring up uncomfortable thoughts or feelings.

Since figuring myself out (at least somewhat), I think I've become much more open-minded and much more capable of being a good friend, because I can open up and be comfortable with others now. I'm not busy avoiding the entire world. I'm living in it.

I can't think of anything positive about it to be honest haha

Quote from: Dante on October 19, 2011, 06:39:47 PM
I just thought of something--you get to choose your own name!  ;D

epic win!  :D
lol, i see it as an accomplishment in a way xD, personally, its a great feeling; to choose something that makes you happy, to finally have something you've never really grasped in an earlier time period.

Quote from: slytherin on October 21, 2011, 06:17:21 PM
I can't think of anything positive about it to be honest haha

Keepin' it real.

Eh, I think I've gained an interesting perspective on the world.

Certainly there are downsides, but I hold my queerness dear, and near, to my heart.

Quote from: Wolfsnake on October 21, 2011, 05:08:09 PM
As for other positive things, I'm gonna second John Alex. I grew up in Conservative Land. Even though I was told at a young age that you should still love someone even if they were gay, I still had a lot of issues with anything sex or gender related. I seriously considered becoming a nun so I would never have to deal with it. I was closeted, scared, closed-minded, and cautious. I never talked about how I felt and did a smashing job of avoiding thinking about it or interacting with anything that wouyld bring up uncomfortable thoughts or feelings.

Since figuring myself out (at least somewhat), I think I've become much more open-minded and much more capable of being a good friend, because I can open up and be comfortable with others now. I'm not busy avoiding the entire world. I'm living in it.

Same here! I always refused to talk about marriage, sexuality, or anything, though I did make it clear that I didn't care what other people liked. I told people at school that I was going to be a nun because there was no way I was going to be someone's wife (I thought you were required to get married).
As to being a better friend and opening up, my mom told me yesterday that she has much more in common with 'Vincent' than with '[previous name]'.

From a young age I told people I would never get married if I had to be the wife. I think I spent some time in denial about what I meant by that.

Quote from: Vincent  E.S. on October 23, 2011, 08:21:00 PM
Same here! I always refused to talk about marriage, sexuality, or anything, though I did make it clear that I didn't care what other people liked. I told people at school that I was going to be a nun because there was no way I was going to be someone's wife (I thought you were required to get married).
As to being a better friend and opening up, my mom told me yesterday that she has much more in common with 'Vincent' than with '[previous name]'.

its kinda strange, I as well refuse the topic most of the time, I somehow feel abit akward and left out,

My sexualety isnt like the usunally straight folks, and I cant get marrigde or have children in a way I would like,
if people said stuff like "If I wanted to get marrige I often said no"
to be honest I dont know if I would, but I never thought I could in a way I would like,
I would like to be marriged for real like a man and it seam very hard or imposible specially because I likely would marry a man.

A positive I've found... since coming out to some friends and my sister... I feel calmer, better about myself and what I'm doing in my life to change my body to fit who I am. I haven't made it far in my transition yet, hell, I don't even have a therapist yet (small towns suck)... but to know that I am taking steps, even if they're small (like joining Susan's) makes me feel better about myself. I used to -pray- that I would get breast cancer, just so I could get the damn things cut off and not have to worry with them... now that I know I can get a masectomy anyway, it doesn't seem that bad (though I still hate looking at myself in the mirror without a shirt on).

For me, the best part of being a transguy is... being a transguy. I hate my body, I hate being terrified to tell my mom... but I love knowing that this is who I really am, that I've found myself, and that I am going to stop pretending to be someone I never have been and I never will be again.

Quote from: Torhture on October 27, 2011, 11:42:17 AM
I used to -pray- that I would get breast cancer, just so I could get the damn things cut off and not have to worry with them...

I used to do this, and I felt so guilty about it. Especially since a close friend had just recovered from skin cancer. He's still fine, apparently (we don't talk anymore) and I got surgery without having cancer.

But it's a month after this thread was started, and I still can't think of much positive about being a trans man. Guess I'm still fighting it, even after all this time.

Quote from: Darth_Taco on October 03, 2011, 01:40:46 AM
I can wear THESE SHOES! (http://www.zappos.com/geox-kids-jr-light-eclipse-fw11-youth-red-grey) If I were biologically male, I could never wear them ;_;! I also still fit in a lot of awesome kid's stuff :'D! I have an awesome Optimus Prime hat and gloves intended for small boys :'P. Makes my poor boyfriend look more and more like Pedobear as the days go by, but as long as I got my ID to prove I'm 21, he'll be fine :'D.

This is also my vote. Light-up shoes for the win. Mine didn't cost nearly that much, but they're just as awesome, if not more so.

Quote from: Arch on October 29, 2011, 11:40:01 PM
But it's a month after this thread was started, and I still can't think of much positive about being a trans man. Guess I'm still fighting it, even after all this time.

I know the feeling. Sometimes I feel the same way. I can't find any positives, I feel so ->-bleeped-<-ing bad about what the hell is happening to me and what will happen to the people I'm close with, that I just can't find a smile anywhere inside. But. Even still, I think that we can find positives. Maybe when you stop fighting you'll find what you were looking for.

On the upside though... I got called Sir today on the phone several times... made my f***ing night.

(Also got hit on by an old guy in Cali... he went from calling me -insert real name here- to calling me Crystal... I was all o.0 Chris would be closer to the truth... stop hitting on me dude!)

Having a higher tolerance to pain is always a plus, since female bodied individuals are known to have a higher tolerance to pain.  Which makes me start to question the whole being kick in the groin thing. 
Obviously it has to hurt like the dickens, but compared to the discomfort and pain of cramps, especially when being trans, I would rather be kicked.  Although, I will never know for sure which one would be worse.

I can't think of anything positive. I would love to be kicked between the legs and it hurt.

Quote from: Slytherin17 on October 31, 2011, 12:27:29 AM
I can't think of anything positive. I would love to be kicked between the legs and it hurt.

It does anyway, lol

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 31, 2011, 12:53:41 AM
It does anyway, lol

Well, yeah I guess. I remember in 6th grade I accidentally rammed that part into some guys chair and it felt like electric shooting through there, in a very painful way and it hurt for about 5 minutes. 

it deffenly dose, if you get kicked the right place, remember a guy who kicked me and I could sit for the rest of the day.

Quote from: Natkat on October 31, 2011, 08:58:09 AM
it deffenly dose, if you get kicked the right place, remember a guy who kicked me and I could sit for the rest of the day.

Thats because a kick in the vagina is just as if not MORE painful than a kick in the testicles.

I can ride horses a lot more comfortably and with much less fear of what might happen at a bouncy trot.  ;D

But seriously, as horrible as it is, and as hard as it is to deal with, there are upsides. I can appreciate the opportunity to see the world from the perspective of both genders. It's definitely made feminism a more personal cause, knowing what it's like to be on the receiving end of sexist comments and behavior. At some point I hope the youthful appearance will be on my side. Most significantly, I already went through hell as a kid, adding on the bullying I would have received as a result of my femininity would not have been pleasant. As it was I at least didn't have any physical confrontations that I hadn't initiated.

I dont remember if I got this one but just got in mind

a posetive thing about being trans is you got to see, / touch more boobs. XD
its true, I mean if your curious then you might get to see how they grew or how the top surgery went..

you can tell what girls like and your able to understand them more
and some girls like that about trans guys

Transguys have stronger immune systems than bioguys, since we were born with an extra X chromosome instead of Y.
We're less likely to get infections or cancer, so that's a plus.  ;D

Quote from: Noah James on November 02, 2011, 06:29:45 PM
Transguys have stronger immune systems than bioguys, since we were born with an extra X chromosome instead of Y.
We're less likely to get infections or cancer, so that's a plus.  ;D

donno if we are more or less likely to get chancer, but the T guys who got top surgery and so dont get that kinda cancer,
or at least its not likely

Quote from: Natkat on November 02, 2011, 06:32:02 PM
donno if we are more or less likely to get chancer, but the T guys who got top surgery and so dont get that kinda cancer,
or at least its not likely

Eh, I'd put my money on less likely, 'cause even if you're pre-op/no-op or pre-T/no-T, we've still got hella good immune systems compared to the bioguys.  ;D

Quote from: Noah James on November 02, 2011, 06:54:27 PM
Eh, I'd put my money on less likely, 'cause even if you're pre-op/no-op or pre-T/no-T, we've still got hella good immune systems compared to the bioguys.  ;D

Doesn't T increase cancer risk? So in a way your chance is pretty much equal or if not a little more better of resistance.

But nonetheless Cancer doesn't see gender....

Quote from: wendy on October 19, 2011, 06:48:16 AM
Variations with people never bothered me.  I have always had eclectic friends.  I did wonder why a girl would want to be a gross guy?  He would become smelly, hairy, muscular and have a high sex drive.

However as I learned more, the FTM's have less drama than MTF's.  FTM's seem so much surer of themselves.

HEY WENDY THE SAME GOES FOR GENETIC MEN FEELING MORE SURE OF THEMSELVES THAN GENETIC FEMALES. MEN ALWAYS SEEM MORE CONFIDENT THAN WOMEN. WOMEN SEEM INSECURE WITH ALL THE MAKEUP AND LOADS OF CLOTHES ETC, SO IT REALLY GOES BOTH WAYS MISS THING!

Quote from: Ava1 on November 02, 2011, 07:16:20 PM
Doesn't T increase cancer risk? So in a way your chance is pretty much equal or if not a little more better of resistance.

But nonetheless Cancer doesn't see gender....

Eh, technically, there is no solid evidence that T increases the risk of cancer in FTM's, since no one's done a study on us as a whole with a large enough sample size over a long enough period of time. Point is, though, that our immune system is better.  ;D

Cancer might not see gender, but the gene for the immune system is on the X chromosome. If we develope a mutation connected to said gene, we have a backup copy. Bioguys don't.

Omg you ftm's are lucky. No, bewb cancer, no testicular cancer, no ovarian cancer..... >.<

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on November 02, 2011, 08:53:18 PM
Omg you ftm's are lucky. No, bewb cancer, no testicular cancer, no ovarian cancer..... >.<

Plenty of ovarian/other reproductive cancers if the relevant parts are not removed, and if they change their sex legally then their insurance will not cover any treatment and they will die.

But no prostate cancer!

Quote from: Caldwell on November 02, 2011, 08:59:46 PM
Plenty of ovarian/other reproductive cancers if the relevant parts are not removed, and if they change their sex legally then their insurance will not cover any treatment and they will die.

But no prostate cancer!

I didn't know if you change your legal sex then insurance doesn't cover it  :-\ does that go the same for everywhere?

Quote from: Josh T on November 02, 2011, 09:42:52 PM
I didn't know if you change your legal sex then insurance doesn't cover it  :-\ does that go the same for everywhere?

It's advisable that you get a hysterectomy etc before your insurance thinks you're male, because most of the time they will refuse to cover any "female" procedures for men. Maybe not all of them are like that (and different countries with socialized health care systems may be completely different) but it is something to think about.

I don't mean to scaremonger, but many FtMs have died from ovarian, uterine, or cervical cancer, most famously Robert Eads, who was refused treatment by many doctors. I think it's important that they know they aren't immune to cancer in regions they'd rather not think about.

Ah I see. Thanks man

Logan I was bullied and shamed by my gynecologist pre-transition, just on the knowledge that I'm trans. She completely stopped treating any problem I presented for, and whenever I went in she just lectured me about how I wasn't trans because there is no such thing. She told me to accept being a woman because I'd be one until I was dead. Getting healthcare can be tangly. It's such a rule-oriented environment that they often don't want to tolerate differences.