Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Hello everyone, as the title says I'm from Puerto Rico. :)

I would like to start saying that I've been looking all over the web for support groups, especially from Puerto Rico, I have contacted my local LGBT chapter with questions like; where to start? is there a place I could go?, sadly I have haven't received replies or I was told to contact other groups which have also given me no idea where to go or what to do since I haven't got their replies as of today, but enough of that little rant.  :)

Now onto myself, I am currently 21 year's old male I'm a full time Marketing student, I currently live with my parents, I will turn 22 pretty soon now in August 25th, since I was little I remember myself being identified with the female gender and wanting to be just like them, I even remember telling my mother I wanted to be just like her when I grew up, however my parents never payed attention to this and I continued on as male, once I reached high school however I went into a depressive state since I saw that my body wasn't changing like I wanted this has carried on with me and I've always kept it a secret, I've dressed up and even used make up in secret and it always makes me feel complete, happy and makes me feel like this is where I belong, I carried this secret with me until August 12th of this week when I told my brother, it wasn't easy for him but I now know I have his support, and now only my parent's need to know, I've been struggling greatly on how to tell my mother and my dad what I feel, the fact that I don't like my body or who I am right now and that I want to transition into a female, to my real body, this has left me anxious and feeling depressed as I feel I have failed how to tell them and I feel there is no where to go. 

I guess this is all for now, I would love to know if there is other people from P.R that have transitioned too and how they did it, I hope I make a lot of friends here too since I currently don't have a lot due to how I feel.

Buena suerte chica!

tomalo suavecito!

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Izzy

Welcome here my friend!

Welcome!  ;D

A warm welcome from Oz.  Hope that you find the information and support that you need.  A good place to start is searching older threads.  Plenty of great material to digest.

Safe travels

Aisla

Welcome to Susans from an island in the Lesser Antilles! I travel through Puerto Rico almost every time I go to or from the United States back to home, and although Puerto Rico is its own distinct part of the Caribbean, some of our experiences might still overlap. I hope you'll find what you're looking for here!  :)

Hello and welcome to Susan's.


:)

Hi, Some things in my background might be relevant to sharing ideas with you.

I am American, but I have lived in Colombia (South America) for 8 years and I am a legal permanent resident here.  I am an English professor at a university here.

I am "gringo" but I now speak fluent Spanish.  Cualquier cosa quieres hablame en el espanol...vale!

I have a Master of Business Administration, so, like you, I have studied a lot about marketing.

As a teenager, my family lived in the US Virgin Islands near Puerto Rico.  So I used to travel to and from San Juans a bunch of times.

I am 8 weeks on HRT (female hormones estrogen and progesterone) with great results so far emotionally, and small breasts already.

Cualquier asunto, puedes hablar conmigo.  PM, o publico.

Espero que tu mama y tu papa mostran amor contigo cuando puedes "salir del closet."

Abrazos,
Johanna.

Thanks everyone for their kind words (I don't know if I should reply here  ???) I've already made some progress, my mother knows already which only leaves my dad, I'm no seeing a professional who was able to pinpoint exactly what I felt (my mother was along for this trip) It's been pretty emotional for me and my mother however I feel I am making progress, I'm quite happy and will be going this Friday for my second session and a test too (Anyone knows what it will be?), since then I can say I've felt more relaxed and less anxious, sometimes I get down but quickly back up, I'm strongly looking forward to the transition as I know it will bring me a lot of happiness. :)