Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Hello, my name is Robben Wendy, I am a post transitioned woman, having made the legal change with vital statistics. I like to encoursge, and support the Transgender experience. My first recollection with it was growing up my with twin sister, and being raised as one of four girls. My parents tried to write their own bible, and raised me with my Brother as a boy. I am intersexual, born female, and assigned. I suffered some traumatic experiences being bullied by boys who were my peers, really I had a very neo masc history, that I choose to forget. Being my actual gender is great, I feel LGBT bars in the villiage, and LGBT events are very positive. I had some blows with dysphoria, the thing I needed to remember was that what I feared was unreal, it was part of a chauvinism that I could never ascribe to. I like talking to people, and meeting people. I am what you would call a "NormaL" Transgender Woman, looking and acting my best, and not letting others critcism, which is really just insult, divert me from being a Transgender example.

Wendy, I am glad things went well for you and you are enjoying the transgender experience as an intersex person. I am cautious to not promote the transgender experience as something desirable as I have had to console many trans people who went into transition with thoughts of joy and an amazing life, but their experience was completely different. Some of these people were extremely depressed as their dreams were being denied, so promoting an amazing life can lead to serious negative consequences for many.

It is important to hear of success stories like yours, but as important to realise this is not the case for everyone. We should try to balance our stories, yes, it can be amazing to rid ourselves of dysphoria and achieve self realisation, but acknowledge many don't experience this.

Hugs,

Allie

What a story. It sounds like you're comfortable with yourself now after some very tough experiences back there. If trans has a last frontier, intersex is it, and having had a relationship with someone who had androgen insensitivity, I've seen the challenges at first hand - along with the total unfairness of having people decide your gender at a time when you're too young to object.

The more people who find a path through the transgender maze that works, the more we can learn how to help people who are yet to find their way out. So welcome.

Welcome Wendy!

Chrissy