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Title: How to start transitioning into a woman
Post by: Diana on January 31, 2012, 02:16:45 AM
Post by: Diana on January 31, 2012, 02:16:45 AM
Hi
I live in San Jose, CA. I would like to start transitioning, how can i start and what doctors do you recommend in my area?
Diana
I live in San Jose, CA. I would like to start transitioning, how can i start and what doctors do you recommend in my area?
Diana
Title: Re: How to start transitioning into a woman
Post by: justmeinoz on January 31, 2012, 02:24:55 AM
Post by: justmeinoz on January 31, 2012, 02:24:55 AM
Hi Diana and welcome.
Being on the other side of the Pacific I can't help with doctors, but California seems to be a good place to live if you are trans. You have come out to the most important person; yourself. From here your path will gradually become clearer. Sometimes the road is bumpy, but at least you have found the right one.
I started by reading everything I could get my hands on and found a Gender Therapist. Until I actually started making changes I did a lot of discrete people watching at work and elsewhere, to see how women did things different to men. As I had expected I actually had a lot of the body language and mannerisms lurking just under the surface. I expect a lot of others had the same feeling.
Karen.
Being on the other side of the Pacific I can't help with doctors, but California seems to be a good place to live if you are trans. You have come out to the most important person; yourself. From here your path will gradually become clearer. Sometimes the road is bumpy, but at least you have found the right one.
I started by reading everything I could get my hands on and found a Gender Therapist. Until I actually started making changes I did a lot of discrete people watching at work and elsewhere, to see how women did things different to men. As I had expected I actually had a lot of the body language and mannerisms lurking just under the surface. I expect a lot of others had the same feeling.
Karen.
Title: Re: How to start transitioning into a woman
Post by: V M on January 31, 2012, 02:51:28 AM
Post by: V M on January 31, 2012, 02:51:28 AM
Hi Diana :)
Lucky you to live in an area fertile with trans resources :)
Start off with a gender therapist/psychologist and get a recommendation for HRT, have your hormone levels monitored by an endocrinologist or a doctor that is familiar with trans issues
Work on refining your 'girl' while you save up for SRS :)
Lucky you to live in an area fertile with trans resources :)
Start off with a gender therapist/psychologist and get a recommendation for HRT, have your hormone levels monitored by an endocrinologist or a doctor that is familiar with trans issues
Work on refining your 'girl' while you save up for SRS :)
Title: Re: How to start transitioning into a woman
Post by: sweettexastgirl409 on March 15, 2012, 08:34:18 AM
Post by: sweettexastgirl409 on March 15, 2012, 08:34:18 AM
Small steps.