Susan's Place Transgender Resources

I want to get an idea of where we all are in transition.  Thank you kindly. :)

Hormones, full time, about 2 years now for both... Not seen a therapist yet... which is rather frustrating, especially as i cant even begin to wait for grs till i do...

As of now, I've been on E for four months.

Fulltime, HRT nearly 4 years therapist mainly just for chats.

hi... how do i see my self .   living as a women with a male back ground . 11 years.    h r t ..    s r s .. & b a .. yea.
     ...noeleena...

post-op (bowers' girl)

Oh hormones, been full-time for seven years, my driver's license says "female."

I was Miraculously cured by Dr Suporn 8 years ago.

Rebecca

On HRT for going on 8 months. Living full-time for the most part except for those rare moments that I have to "boy it up a bit" Even then I never wear mens cloths.

I went for other, because I'm undecided as to whether I will ever transition. I don't have the balls.  :P

I chose other because at times people think i am a FTM because i am so comfortable in my body and self that i don't dress up or wear makeup and I wear whatever i want that people seem to think i am a tomboy which is fine by me because well i don't want to excite men and so i dress down and don't play all girly  been full time now 10 yrs and 10 months

Post-op 17 years via Seghers in Brussels.

Quote from: postoplesbian on January 30, 2009, 02:15:42 PM
I chose other because at times people think i am a FTM because i am so comfortable in my body and self that i don't dress up or wear makeup and I wear whatever i want that people seem to think i am a tomboy which is fine by me because well i don't want to excite men and so i dress down and don't play all girly  been full time now 10 yrs and 10 months

Wait... so femininity is solely for the benefit of males?





oh

Pre HRT.... in therapy 1 month.

Chrissty

Quote from: Starbuck on January 30, 2009, 02:36:49 PM

Quote from: postoplesbian on January 30, 2009, 02:15:42 PM
I chose other because at times people think i am a FTM because i am so comfortable in my body and self that i don't dress up or wear makeup and I wear whatever i want that people seem to think i am a tomboy which is fine by me because well i don't want to excite men and so i dress down and don't play all girly  been full time now 10 yrs and 10 months

Wait... so femininity is solely for the benefit of males?





oh

Well no but i hate getting men all excited and wanting more with me and well i am a lesbian and yes there are places where we womyn do meet and i can wear whatever i want and sometimes thats just a smile :)

Post op.

steph

I marked other because I am not on prescription HRT I use other means for estrogen (no not DIY prescriptions either) but I do live fulltime.

I put other

I haven't started hormones but I do pass. Everyone I meet assumes I'm a guy, unless somebody (usually my sister) outs me. So I'd say I'm full time in casual social circles, I can't be for official stuff, obviously :P

I am a Meltzer's daughter and have been post-op for two years! 

tink :icon_chick:

Hormons 15 months, facial hair removal done, full time, female personal ID-number. Just planning my SRS.

Have a appointment with a gender therapist in a little over a month, tried a regular therapist first but with little progress. I am not sure what he will say about T but hoping to start before my 40th Bday!

HRT: 8 months going on 9
RLE: 4 months, going on 5
ID: Female, except for B/C and SSI
Therapist: several times, awaiting recommendation letter for Orchie.
Beard Shadow: Mostly gone.  Need electrolysis for grey

Hey Y'all'


                                                                                  Always Love,
                                                                                  Heather Rose

• HRT- off and on for 8 years, all on the last 1.5.  No more see-sawing for me.
• "full time" outside of work: 9 months.
• "full time" *cough*, "100% full time", including work:  in 6 weeks!
• GRS Projected: January 2010

Voice is still "atrocious" but working heavy on it.   90% of unwanted hair has been fried, zapped, plucked, lasered and/or electrocuted in the most horrid and painful of ways.

*huggs*,
Melan

First time out en femme: Oct 2005
First laser session: Jan 2006 with a further 160hrs electrolysis to date
Hormones: Aug. 2006 and started living part time (most everywhere except work)
FFS: July 2008
Name change, new passport and 100% full time: November 2008

Still remain to decide whether I should tidy up the last 'bits and pieces'.

I'm on hormones, have a therapist.  I've also had FFS, a BA and I live full time as what I am, a woman. As my signature reads, my GRS is scheduled for May 19, 2009 in exactly 3 months 2 weeks & 4 days from now.

I voted living full-time - about a year on HRT and about 6 months FT now, though I don't know if I could technically be considered in my RLE yet since I wo and option haven't managed to secure a job. So say somewhere between option two option three.

Mina.

Full time and RLE dont really mix... full time is what you do... RLE is a stage of assesment when you are FT, usually folk go ft at th start... doesnt mean all ft is rle... ive been ft 2 years and no rle yet.... its no biggie, well no, it is, i want the damn vagina! but rle doesnt make ft better, ft is just living your life.... in some ways, its as good as it gets lol.

Quote from: Starbuck on January 31, 2009, 10:43:38 AM
Full time and RLE dont really mix... full time is what you do... RLE is a stage of assesment when you are FT, usually folk go ft at th start... doesnt mean all ft is rle... ive been ft 2 years and no rle yet.... its no biggie, well no, it is, i want the damn vagina! but rle doesnt make ft better, ft is just living your life.... in some ways, its as good as it gets lol.

I agree sweetie. It's just frustrating that I can't officially get the whole RLE thing started so I can get on with getting those bloody letters. ;)

Mina.

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Quote from: Starbuck on January 31, 2009, 10:43:38 AM
Full time and RLE dont really mix... full time is what you do... RLE is a stage of assesment when you are FT, usually folk go ft at th start... doesnt mean all ft is rle... ive been ft 2 years and no rle yet.... its no biggie, well no, it is, i want the damn vagina! but rle doesnt make ft better, ft is just living your life.... in some ways, its as good as it gets lol.

I agree sweetie. It's just frustrating that I can't officially get the whole RLE thing started so I can get on with getting those bloody letters. ;)

Mina.

Sorry, I'm probably being dumb, but isn't transitioning and then living, presenting and functioning full time in the gender you believe yourself to be a RLE regardless of whether or not your ultimate goal is surgery?

From what I read in the SOC, yes full time is RLE.  Maybe I am wrong but that is how I am reading it.

Janet

RLE is a period of psycological evauation, therapy, and support as a reinforcement for usually, the persons first year full time. Its a period of trial and error  to see if they are suitable to live in the desired role.

Are you saying we are assessed for life?

Full time, is just being you... Get over the names, and the definitions, but you arent going to have a shrink down your neck forever. Sometimes you need to stand up alone and be counted. Be what you did all this for... Isnt that the point? If you live every day as if it were RLE, you're living for someone else.

Quote from: Starbuck on January 31, 2009, 09:38:32 PM
RLE is a period of psycological evauation, therapy, and support as a reinforcement for usually, the persons first year full time. Its a period of trial and error  to see if they are suitable to live in the desired role.

Are you saying we are assessed for life?

Full time, is just being you... Get over the names, and the definitions, but you arent going to have a shrink down your neck forever. Sometimes you need to stand up alone and be counted. Be what you did all this for... Isnt that the point? If you live every day as if it were RLE, you're living for someone else.

Very good point, Starbuck.  I am full time and it is for me.  It is my Real Life Experience.  Experiencing life as a woman, finally.  And it has nothing to do with my therapist wanting or needing it.  I am working towards my letters and SRS.  And that is also for me.

I would rather die as the woman I am now, than the male I was.  I am so much happier now with life and with myself.  And that is the Real Life Experience.  Everyday is a joy to wake up a woman.  There are days that are a royal pain, but it is a royal pain as a woman.

No matter what happens for now on, it is as a woman.

Janet

its always been a real life test here... or atleast in clinical scenarios.


Why is everything about tests and passing? hehe I cant escape school!

ROTFLOL.

The school of hard knocks?   ~giggles~

tests  ~stifled giggle~
passing  ~giggling loudly~
school.   ~giggle snort~ whoops

Quote from: Buffy on January 30, 2009, 12:38:58 PM
I was Miraculously cured by Dr Suporn 8 years ago.

Rebecca

Quite nicely put.  Dr. Suporn was my surgeon too.  I'm officially cured as of November 12, 2008.

Started seeing a therapist in June 08

Started living full-time in August 08

And started hormones in November 08

I'm working on a legal name change and the shaving down of the adam's apple surgery.

Quote from: Starbuck on January 31, 2009, 09:38:32 PM
RLE is a period of psycological evauation, therapy, and support as a reinforcement for usually, the persons first year full time. Its a period of trial and error  to see if they are suitable to live in the desired role.

Are you saying we are assessed for life?

Full time, is just being you... Get over the names, and the definitions, but you arent going to have a shrink down your neck forever. Sometimes you need to stand up alone and be counted. Be what you did all this for... Isnt that the point? If you live every day as if it were RLE, you're living for someone else.

Ahhh I see your point. Maybe RLE is a bigger deal, involving more supervision and analysis, your side of the pond than it does here. I get the impression that here if you can 'do your time', which incidentally is usually at least 2 years within the NHS, and answer your shrinks' questions 'correctly', which isn't a problem as, by the time of your appointment, you'll have been well rehearsed by any number of other girls who've already been through the mill, you will, if you want, you'll get your referrals for surgery. Unless you go private and pay for it, when you actually get your surgery done depends on budgets and local funding priorities and waiting lists tend to be either long or very long.

(im british)

And shame on you for suggesting that..... Im sorry, but 'coaching' people to answer therapy questions is impropper, and iresponsible. If someone is truely transgender, they ought to be able to answer them correctly alone!

Its not just surgical waits that are long... so is therapy.. ive 3 years left to wait of 6 >>

Quote from: Starbuck on February 01, 2009, 05:45:34 AM
(im british)

And shame on you for suggesting that..... Im sorry, but 'coaching' people to answer therapy questions is impropper, and iresponsible. If someone is truely transgender, they ought to be able to answer them correctly alone!

Its not just surgical waits that are long... so is therapy.. ive 3 years left to wait of 6 >>

Sorry, don't get me wrong, I'm not in any way suggesting I approve of coaching. But it does go on, and I'm sure you know it does. Quite frankly, if someone is determined to 'fool' the system they probably will if they have more than three brain cells and aren't an obvious basket case. But at the end of the day who are they 'fooling' but themselves. For myself I have never had any coaching, but I suppose that accounts for the fact that upon being asked by my specialist, within a day or two of transitioning, whether I wanted SRS I answered that as things stood the best argument I could come up with in favour was that my skirts would hang better and I could wear tighter jeans. As I feared, he didn't consider my reasoning sufficiently persuasive to offer me an immediate referral.......... now if I'd been properly coached...who knows?  ;)

Sorry for suggesting that, i just hate the practice....
As for the referal business, yeah, it can be a bitch, but its all personal at the end of the day... people need to be honest to themselves if they want to be taken seriously. Lie, and you're worth nothing.

I want to list my transition status that according to our law about sex change I am now ''legally'' female.  I do not know what that means in reality. The law does not tell it.

I haven't started any hormones or anything really at all but dressing in my clothes instead of "my" clothes when around the house.
I have set up an appointment to see a therapist later this month, now that I have my insurance stuff taken care of ^.^;;
Still working on telling my mother though....nothing will really happen until I'm honest with her, since I still live in her house.

I selected

QuoteOn hormones/therapy & living fulltime

I have been on T since may 13 last year. I am stealth to everyone I meet, out to everyone who matters, not out at work but will be by the end of the month. Surgery top surgery next month. 29 days ;)

Quote from: Jenny Jackson on February 01, 2009, 06:27:55 AM

Quote from: Starbuck on February 01, 2009, 05:45:34 AM
(im british)

And shame on you for suggesting that..... Im sorry, but 'coaching' people to answer therapy questions is impropper, and iresponsible. If someone is truely transgender, they ought to be able to answer them correctly alone!

Its not just surgical waits that are long... so is therapy.. ive 3 years left to wait of 6 >>

Sorry, don't get me wrong, I'm not in any way suggesting I approve of coaching. But it does go on, and I'm sure you know it does. Quite frankly, if someone is determined to 'fool' the system they probably will if they have more than three brain cells and aren't an obvious basket case. But at the end of the day who are they 'fooling' but themselves. For myself I have never had any coaching, but I suppose that accounts for the fact that upon being asked by my specialist, within a day or two of transitioning, whether I wanted SRS I answered that as things stood the best argument I could come up with in favour was that my skirts would hang better and I could wear tighter jeans. As I feared, he didn't consider my reasoning sufficiently persuasive to offer me an immediate referral.......... now if I'd been properly coached...who knows?  ;)

Hey Sis don't worry if you can couch someone and save them tons of money from rip off therapist then i am all for it..

Quote from: postoplesbian on February 01, 2009, 02:36:07 PM

Quote from: Jenny Jackson on February 01, 2009, 06:27:55 AM

Quote from: Starbuck on February 01, 2009, 05:45:34 AM
(im british)

And shame on you for suggesting that..... Im sorry, but 'coaching' people to answer therapy questions is impropper, and iresponsible. If someone is truely transgender, they ought to be able to answer them correctly alone!

Its not just surgical waits that are long... so is therapy.. ive 3 years left to wait of 6 >>

Sorry, don't get me wrong, I'm not in any way suggesting I approve of coaching. But it does go on, and I'm sure you know it does. Quite frankly, if someone is determined to 'fool' the system they probably will if they have more than three brain cells and aren't an obvious basket case. But at the end of the day who are they 'fooling' but themselves. For myself I have never had any coaching, but I suppose that accounts for the fact that upon being asked by my specialist, within a day or two of transitioning, whether I wanted SRS I answered that as things stood the best argument I could come up with in favour was that my skirts would hang better and I could wear tighter jeans. As I feared, he didn't consider my reasoning sufficiently persuasive to offer me an immediate referral.......... now if I'd been properly coached...who knows?  ;)

Hey Sis don't worry if you can couch someone and save them tons of money from rip off therapist then i am all for it..

I'd have to disagree. If someone wants to fast track themselves to a surgical referral by using someone else's answers to the questions posed by their shrink that's a matter for them as will be the consequences of any inappropriate and irreversible surgery which may follow, but personally I wouldn't want to be a party, however remotely, to the deception.

Quote from: Jenny Jackson on February 01, 2009, 06:27:55 AM

... Quite frankly, if someone is determined to 'fool' the system they probably will if they have more than three brain cells and aren't an obvious basket case. ...

Oh, I dunno... after meeting a few interesting individuals, I think it takes MUCH more than that.

Quote from: postoplesbian on February 01, 2009, 02:36:07 PM

Quote from: Jenny Jackson on February 01, 2009, 06:27:55 AM

Quote from: Starbuck on February 01, 2009, 05:45:34 AM
(im british)

And shame on you for suggesting that..... Im sorry, but 'coaching' people to answer therapy questions is impropper, and iresponsible. If someone is truely transgender, they ought to be able to answer them correctly alone!

Its not just surgical waits that are long... so is therapy.. ive 3 years left to wait of 6 >>

Sorry, don't get me wrong, I'm not in any way suggesting I approve of coaching. But it does go on, and I'm sure you know it does. Quite frankly, if someone is determined to 'fool' the system they probably will if they have more than three brain cells and aren't an obvious basket case. But at the end of the day who are they 'fooling' but themselves. For myself I have never had any coaching, but I suppose that accounts for the fact that upon being asked by my specialist, within a day or two of transitioning, whether I wanted SRS I answered that as things stood the best argument I could come up with in favour was that my skirts would hang better and I could wear tighter jeans. As I feared, he didn't consider my reasoning sufficiently persuasive to offer me an immediate referral.......... now if I'd been properly coached...who knows?  ;)

Hey Sis don't worry if you can couch someone and save them tons of money from rip off therapist then i am all for it..

I worry that you are serious....

My friend Jess was telling me in Thailand that there are m2fs getting srs, then going back to live as males.... People turning up, NO therapy, not even OUT.... one person, came, without telling thier wife, got srs, and hasnt told them.... they BOUGHT thier referals... coaching is literally as bad as that....

Therapy is to make sure this is the right choice, not something that we think we need, because lets face it, not everyone is as they feel, and if we can be saved from a mistake, all the better. Hey, if you are genuine, why worry?

As for ripoffs.... Try UK private therapy... its atleast 200-300$ a hour...

Quote from: Starbuck on February 01, 2009, 10:14:24 PM

Quote from: postoplesbian on February 01, 2009, 02:36:07 PM

Hey Sis don't worry if you can couch someone and save them tons of money from rip off therapist then i am all for it..

I worry that you are serious....

My friend Jess was telling me in Thailand that there are m2fs getting srs, then going back to live as males.... People turning up, NO therapy, not even OUT.... one person, came, without telling thier wife, got srs, and hasnt told them.... they BOUGHT thier referals... coaching is literally as bad as that....

Therapy is to make sure this is the right choice, not something that we think we need, because lets face it, not everyone is as they feel, and if we can be saved from a mistake, all the better. Hey, if you are genuine, why worry?

As for ripoffs.... Try UK private therapy... its atleast 200-300$ a hour...

I've also heard these stories and, I'd agree, some are truly mind boggling. But ultimately, it's very difficult to save people from themselves if they're sufficiently determined, disillusional and psychotic and when there are a few surgeons who are prepared to play along with them and reinterpret the rules for the sake of another fee.

Quote from: Starbuck on February 01, 2009, 10:14:24 PM
As for ripoffs.... Try UK private therapy... its atleast 200-300$ a hour...

Just for the record.... I have been lucky enough to get an excellent UK therapist in London
for $90 an hour, but it's still a lot of money to find on a regular basis when you add in
travel cost.

Chrissty

Uk private
Money very well spent but each to their own.

Just started HRT but not full-time yet.

At this point, I'm just waiting for SRS.

Quote from: Chrissty on February 02, 2009, 05:31:14 AM

Quote from: Starbuck on February 01, 2009, 10:14:24 PM
As for ripoffs.... Try UK private therapy... its atleast 200-300$ a hour...

Just for the record.... I have been lucky enough to get an excellent UK therapist in London
for $90 an hour, but it's still a lot of money to find on a regular basis when you add in
travel cost.

Chrissty

I think I know who she is and have used the same person myself and I'd agree she's excellent.

Even that is 150 minimum for me with trains....  But i've just been battleing the GIC for some form of date... and six years dropped to 4... ill be seen this year... sometime.... maye...

People that can afford private, you dont know how lucky you are....

Quote from: Starbuck on February 02, 2009, 11:45:25 AM
Even that is 150 minimum for me with trains....  But i've just been battleing the GIC for some form of date... and six years dropped to 4... ill be seen this year... sometime.... maye...

People that can afford private, you dont know how lucky you are....

I do realise it, and I do understand the pain the NHS lottery
un-necessarily causes in the UK.

I also know I would not have found the resources without advice
from kind people here, who are using also the same specialists
through the NHS. ;)

How long I can continue to afford it, remains to be seen. :-\

Chrissty

I started transition 17 mths ago, was approved for HRT 15 mths ago,
now I have both letters for surgery but no $$ to pay for it.
My req. RLE I guess wasn't an issue. I always dressed female at appts.
and made home videos of my daily life even when in male mode for her

when she gave me her letter she said she was convinced that my quality of
life would improve after transition,

the cost burdened me, between her visits, the additional psychiatrist's visits
for the second letter
and the initial endo visits, add in cost of living. I was unable to start saving for my
surgery until recently and I don't have to pay for endo visits now that my GP writes
the scripts but I do have to pay for all the meds I take. I would like to be FT by now

but I struggle with the whole pre-op thing in my head, which make self acceptance
even harder for me. Lately that is changing though, and I just may go FT sooner than later.

Nicole 

Surely you're meant to be full time for RLE? or are you fooling your therapist?

Quote from: Starbuck on February 02, 2009, 11:45:25 AM
Even that is 150 minimum for me with trains....  But i've just been battleing the GIC for some form of date... and six years dropped to 4... ill be seen this year... sometime.... maye...

People that can afford private, you dont know how lucky you are....

Oh I certainly know how lucky I am as I have loads of T friends battling the system. I just couldn't have gone through the whole NHS process, as early on I wouldn't have felt in a position to make the sort of commitment that I feel comfortable making now, and consequently my life would have been an infinitely poorer thing.

Its the reason why ive not dropped out of university.... like many have suggested, and moved to another area.... The thing is... my degree is vital, to my future... if want a realistic chance of getting what i need.... I need to do this, and well... the number of transpeople who say 'meh f*** education* are scary :S I guess the nhs is better than being stuck as a freak porno sideshow for ever...

irl, I haven't started anything. and I probably won't be able to start anything for a while.
But online, I'm a fullfledged male. I've had boyfriends and such as a male, and even after I let them know I'm female irl(when I feel guilty about lying to someone I <3), they tell me I'm very convincing. lol. the most used 'rating' has been "I thought you were just a girly gay guy"

HRT for 3 years.  Full time for 4.  In therapy right now, but not for anything transgender related.  $8 an hour.  But then I'm super duper poor and they do a sliding scale.

Not really working toward any surgeries right now, so I consider my transition to be done.

In therapy, and expecting HRT at any moment (though I did sort of cheat).

on T for 3 yrs.
Have had top surgery
Livin fulltime

My transition;s done.  Wanna get a hysto in the future but that's it.

Still just dressing the part. May start HRT very soon.

I'm post-operational.  Dr. Sanguan was my surgeon.

Been on HRT since '92, used to dress more feminine but now like to be androgynous... At the end of the day it's where my head is. :)

Post operative. had GRS in 2005.  Tee-hee!  Dr. Bowers, Trinidad, Colorado, USA

Post-op 4years. Dr. Brasard, Montreal

Cindy

I just realised I hadn't answered my own poll.  I've been post op since October 27 2008.  Marci Bowers was my surgeon too & have nothing but admiration for her.  She's a very compassionate women.

im not gonna transition. i like all my parts the way they are, however, i will get a breast reduction. i still want them there, id feel weird not having them, but theyre huge! im not a big person, but my breast are very large and have back problems due to them. id like to get them reduced and continue binding, i pass fairly well now, even with them. i went in drag for halloween and looked like a straight up dude. thats good enough for me. i like being able to switch between fem and boi. i love it actually.

Cant' figure out if I can update my status but I am now on hormones and moving toward living full time (hopefully by June at the latest).
Myles

HRT= 4.5 years
Full time (24/7-40hrs work)= 2.5 years
Full time= 7 months
F on DL but not BC or SSI
Grew hair out for 5 years and color it chocolate cherry(dark auburn)
Laser hair (facial) removal finished almost 4 years ago.Electro needed for a few whites.
Laser done on chest, bikini , legs and some of my nether regions(ouch)
Breasts large b cup but had boobs anyways cause of primary hypogonadism
No Plans for FFS or BA
Saving for surgery

On hormones and living full time. Don't plan on a vaginoplasty though,  :D

Long past. 35 years post. Dr. Biber, 1974 - got a 2 digit serial number  ;D

Quote from: Randy on March 31, 2009, 12:49:15 PM
On hormones and living full time. Don't plan on a vaginoplasty though,  :D

How about the male version of the surgery.. phalloplasty or whatever it's called? ;)

Quote from: Northern Jane on April 05, 2009, 03:52:45 PM
Long past. 35 years post. Dr. Biber, 1974 - got a 2 digit serial number  ;D

Limited edition?  Great! :laugh:

Quote from: Jeannette on April 05, 2009, 07:31:04 PM
How about the male version of the surgery.. phalloplasty or whatever it's called? ;)

I know what you meant, I was just being smart  :). I, as of now, don't plan on the phalloplasty. I am considering eventual metoidioplasty though.

Post op.  Dr Sanguan in Thailand was my surgeon.

I'm post op.  Marci Bowers - Colorado - USA was my surgeon.

i consider myself in the progress of transition, but before hormones. i don't dress exclusively female. i go around looking androgynous. i consider it in between

Haven't even begun.

Out to some people, going to go full time within the next few weeks.

Quote from: Jeannette on January 30, 2009, 04:15:09 AM
I want to get an idea of where we all are in transition.  Thank you kindly. :)

i know that it seems strange,but im in transition,im not using hormones,and wish it willnt be my way 1 day,im using only herb that wellknown and guarantied,with the minimum side effects,yes its keeping me all the time on a diet since i started 4yrs ago(on herbs)approx.,there is a very small development comparing it with hormones,but its ok to me. ;D

I love how this is in general discussion but is clearly MTF-only.

Quote from: Mister on May 02, 2009, 01:10:12 PM
I love how this is in general discussion but is clearly MTF-only.

I was about to say the same thing...I actually went to "vote" and found that I was apparently in the wrong neck of the woods after all.  ???

Would I mess up the stats if I did do the poll? After all, I can honestly say that I'm on hormones, living full time (not dead yet), and haven't had vaginoplasty...

I don't know what happened to the usual other buttons for posting the only option is

QuoteSo I don't know how that's going to work.

I just wanted to say, welcome to Susan's Matilda.
Well you certainly do look anatomical in your avatar pic.[/b][/i]

Quote from: Matilda on May 02, 2009, 01:03:26 PM
I am psychologically, physiologically, legally and anatomically female!

Quote from: Arch on May 02, 2009, 01:50:29 PM
I was about to say the same thing...I actually went to "vote" and found that I was apparently in the wrong neck of the woods after all.  ???

Would I mess up the stats if I did do the poll? After all, I can honestly say that I'm on hormones, living full time (not dead yet), and haven't had vaginoplasty...

Who knows.  I'd screw them up since i've had a vaginectomy, not a vaginoplasty.

QuoteThank you so much for the welcome, Cindy :), but the woman in my avatar picture isn't me.  She is Beatrice Arthur...All In The Family?, The Golden Girls?  Sounds familiar?

Oh goodness, how could I forget, Cindy slaps herself on the cheek, "I loved that show!" There were so many good TV shows back then. I haven't watched TV since the the late 90's except for to catch up on some news which is not often. I spend most of my time on the net. At least the net is one good way of sharing our own knowledge with others as well as learn some new things.

Anyway I do pray that we cross paths again.

As for me My avatar is me.  ;D

I wish in the polls section it would say where the poll was posted... because I'm pretty sure this was posted on the MtF boards... I think?  If not I'm assuming Vaginoplasty would be SRS or GRS or something.

Either way
Full time: 13 months
Testosterone: 1 month
Top Surgery (what us FtMs have to do to get the M on our paperwork): 2 months away.

So pretty soon I'll be done with the basics, but the T needs some time to do it's magic.  I'll probably have a hysto and a possibly (not sure?) a meta at some point.

HRT for 2 mos this time around.  :o Not full time.

Quote from: Mister on May 02, 2009, 01:10:12 PM
I love how this is in general discussion but is clearly MTF-only.

The more that people think that FtM's don't exist, the better for stealth. :D
*runs*

In all seriousness though, it grinds my gears that MtF's (and crossdressers/drag queens) seem to be the public perception of 'transsexual'.
Polls, surveys, news articles, studdies...FtM's seem to get ignored.

Unless they are giving birth, that is...

Hi Vexing, hun, grind my gears, sheeeeeesh that's putting it lightly. I believe I already striped a few gears over that topic and I am surprised I never got my pinkies slapped for it. Fortunately maybe no one heard the House Mouse before "ROARRRRR!!!"

Me just a little old lady everyone likes. ;D

Cindy

standing at the edge, still afraid to jump..

Unless they are giving birth, that is...

Nonsense, if they crash a trolley car that will get coverage too.

I've always wanted to crash a Trolley car and give birth at the same time  >:-)

How did you know I was a multi-tasker?

Quote from: Vexing on May 11, 2009, 06:05:27 PM
The more that people think that FtM's don't exist, the better for stealth. :D
*runs*

In all seriousness though, it grinds my gears that MtF's (and crossdressers/drag queens) seem to be the public perception of 'transsexual'.
Polls, surveys, news articles, studdies...FtM's seem to get ignored.

Unless they are giving birth, that is...

I am annoyed at the general public ignorance around the actual face of transpeople as well.  It's annoying.  I was telling someone that I was having surgery and they just assumed I was going to Colorado and getting a penis.  A) FtMs don't have famous surgeons in CO B) getting a dick isn't usually the first surgery an FtM considers, if it's ever even considered seriously.

Plus, I hate that there's so little (and by little I mean nearly none) scientific coverage of FtMs and other female-bodied/female-born/whatever trans people.

Quote from: Kayden on May 12, 2009, 08:11:31 PM
I am annoyed at the general public ignorance around the actual face of transpeople as well.  It's annoying.  I was telling someone that I was having surgery and they just assumed I was going to Colorado and getting a penis.  A) FtMs don't have famous surgeons in CO B) getting a dick isn't usually the first surgery an FtM considers, if it's ever even considered seriously.

Plus, I hate that there's so little (and by little I mean nearly none) scientific coverage of FtMs and other female-bodied/female-born/whatever trans people.

Bowers does FTM surgeries-- and she was on Tyra!

As for FTM invisibility, I'm all for it.  At the beginning of my transition it was a bit dismaying, but that ended quickly as i realized the concept of trans 'community' is mostly a farce.  As far as I'm concerned, educate the medical community and keep the rest of the planet in the dark.  I enjoy my life as a man, not as a self-created man, less than a man, other than a man or not a real man.

Hi Gypsy, follow me, I'll show you where the log is to get across the crick.

Cindy the house mouse.

Pre-HRT..but living full time and seeing a therapist when I can afford it.

I'm still pre transition

Post-op (thank you Dr Suporn) since November 2006.

Have had vaginoplasty.

Post-op 3 years.  :)

-={LR}=-

I am a meat popsicle.

I am pre-transition.

Hi Gwen, I am looking for people who went to Dr. Seghers in Brussel and are willing to share their story with me. would you be willing to tell me about your experience with him? Kind regards

Quote from: Gwen on January 30, 2009, 02:21:09 PMPost-op 17 years via Seghers in Brussels.

I am pre transition.

HRT.  Working.  No op so far.

Started HRT March 10, just stumbling my way through this journey. I feel like I am on the right path but as we all do in this journey of life have so much anxiety.  It has been a long time coming and definitely a long trek ahead with many trials and tribulations.  One I am excited and hesitant at the same time to endeavor on. But I will always press onward as it there is no time to look back. It's now or never.