I am sure many, especially older transitioners had a moment when doubt turned into possibility.
For me, such moment came with the face, and her name was Marion!
Everything leading to this moment was surrounded by doubt and impossibility, then one day I had stumbled onto her youtube video, and to my own amazement I couldn't believe, that in fact I was looking at someone who embodied mans flesh before. I was introduced to the reality of possibilities beyond my wildest dreams.
Now, this is going few years back before the publicized TS models like today.
Here is the pic that captured my imagination
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DItiTmpXfQw/U0qtWHfwwHI/AAAAAAAAQqg/Bc4Izc17NJQ/s800/FireShot%2520Screen%2520Capture%2520%2523002%2520-%2520%2527Marion%2520Love%2527%2520-%2520www_transitionradio_net_marion_love_html.jpg)
Who was your inspiration?
Interesting question......I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that for a lot of us, no one in particular. It's just who we are.
The only inspiration I personally had was my own heart and soul. Transition was just natural for me even if I never passed. :)
Hmmmmm...my inspiration?
Portia Porcupine.
(I'm only half-joking)
Actually, when I saw the title of this thread, I thought that maybe you were from Eureka, Ca. I just thought was funny since I am listening to Mr Bungle at the moment.
Bailey jay was my inspiration
My inspiration was also the fact that it came down to a do or die moment. I really don't have a role model to speak of other than the girls here that give me inspiration, guidance and hope. What I do know is the last several months has been a total release for me and everyday I see a little more of real me coming out and that is a great feeling.
For me it wasn't any one person, it was the community as a whole, seeing all of the girls on YouTube and everyone here. Once I saw the huge variety of successful women of all shapes and sizes, personalities and temperament, younger and older. It was then that I realized that I could do this. It is not about achieving the ideal feminine shape and persona, it is about finding my femininity and letting it out, being true to myself.
So thank you to everyone here!
The Laura Jane Grace article in Rolling Stone made me think, "So what in the hell are you wating for?!"
It took a few more months to finally call a therapist, but I thought about the whole gender thing all summer long in 2012 before I had my meltdown.
Glad I did! I'm here to type this now.
My inspiration was a bottle of whiskey and anti-depressants, looking in the mirror and seeing a man that I wasn't. It took a long time but I finally realised the truth.
I'm a woman and I need to be myself both physically as well as mentally.
My other inspiration? You: my friends here who saved my life and told me that I can be who I am.
For that I am eternally grateful.
Mine was a nurse who worked at the same hospital as me in 1989. She transitioned from male to female... and I was "wow, that's me too"!
Don't think I really saw her face or anything, I just knew about her through HR where I was and glimpsed her leaving the office in her uniform after changing her name and details. That was all I needed!!
I've always been a massive fan of Against Me!, probably because the indirect references to gender dysphoria through many of their songs always resonated with me. When Laura Jane Grace came out while being in such a public role, I really began to question how I could keep this part of me hidden. Her bravery inspired me to be myself.
My inspiration was and is my therapist. I started seeing her for anxiety, depression and alcoholism (been sober over a year now). Anyways she kept telling me this was a new beginning for me and basically a fresh start for me. This is before I came out to her. It took me 6 mo. To get up the courage to tell her. When I mentioned it in a session, she looked at me and smiled and said "I was wondering, when you were going to tell me!"
She has been so helpful and is getting things started with my endo. Between her and the supportiveness of my wife, they have been so awesome, and I couldn't be luckier.
My inspiration was not any particular person but the fact that my life was starting to spiral down fast. I was becoming extremely depressed, I was lethargic all the time, I wasn't very social, I was eating quite unhealthily, and I was developing suicidal thoughts. It was at that point that I felt that I could no longer keep these feelings inside. I would look at a mirror every day and would see a girl through my eyes screaming to come out of my male shell. After coming out, I haven't looked back as I am the exact opposite from the negative things that I just described and feel wonderful for the first time in my life! ;D
no inspiration just a need to be me