Greetings,
Just found this site recently, and thought I would say hello. I've struggled with gender dysphoria for quite a bit of life. I'm still undecided on what to do about it. One of my extended family members, who I've only met once a long time ago recently transitioned FTM (I'd love to meet him sometime to see how he's doing, but I have no idea how to contact him). I heard about his transition through some of my family members, and through that I got to witness how well received the news of his transition was, which makes be fairly certain that if I would follow down that path of transitioning, I would most likely be disowned by my family. If I had the option to transition MTF, and I didn't have to worry about any of the collateral damage that would result, I'm not sure I'd be willing to go through with it yet. At this point in my life, I know that I do not identify as being fully male. I haven't been able to work out if I'm just somewhere in the middle or if I'm mostly on the female side of the spectrum, I'm not really sure yet. I'll probably go into more detail on this in another thread, don't want to weigh down an intro post too much ;). For now though, I'm focusing on getting rid of a bunch of excess weight that I've been carrying around for pretty much my entire life. I've dropped 40 pounds in just under 4 months, but still have around 100 to go. I'm also seriously thinking about growing my hair out. I figure that getting down to a normal weight for my 5'9" height coupled with longer hair, might make any transition attempts a bit easier down the road.
Anyways, I'm just glad I stumbled across this site, and found a number of people who have struggled with similar issues as me. I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all better.
~Zoë
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Do all of the umlauts indicate you are in Europe?
Hi Zoë, :icon_wave:
Welcome to our little family. Over 11806. That would be one heck of a family reunion.
Feel free to post your successes/failures, Hopes/dreams. Ask questions and seek answers. Give and receive advice.
But remember we are family here, your family now. And it is always nice to have another sister. (https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsmileys.on-my-web.com%2Frepository%2FAnimals%2Fferret-3.gif&hash=f49e2f86761323f2abd9c33941920389dbb3b10f)
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Janet )O(
Quote from: Jamie D on June 26, 2013, 10:45:43 PM
Do all of the umlauts indicate you are in Europe?
No, I'm actually from Indianapolis, IN USA.
Hi Zoë from Indianapolis, I'm Devlyn from Boston! Welcome to Susan's Place. We always have room for new friends here. See you around, hugs, Devlyn