Hello everyone,
So finally made it, I've been a stalker for many years here, did not even make an account until today. But it feels good to finally take a hard step forward, and follow the momentum of the upcoming life I hope to make for myself.
I am currently a male, considering transitioning to female or at least a Transgender state. I have been desperately wanting said life since I was 17, to which I am now 28. Unfortunately my body type (Very masculine) and height (6'4") leave much to be desired in-transition. But my most recent partner has been an integral part of helping to accept me for me and pulling my burden with me to the point I have now as of today scheduled my first appointment with a physiatrist and Wednesday have a meeting with an Endocrinologist to get initial readings.
I have lived most of my life living in a body that I never felt comfortable in, I have had a wonderful life and I have no regrets, truly a very happy person even in the body I was given. I have had Low Testosterone since puberty, very low. One of the major pushes for myself to adapt and change is the fact that due to this excessively low level of hormone it never seemed to be too far of a stretch for me to think about the transition and even put myself into that state of mind.
I don't want to bore everyone with a long, drawn out, introduction. I'm here to help and be helped, and find the motivation I need and support I need to transition. This is not my 'First Rodeo' per say, I have helped many friends transition even all the way through post-op, and I know the process very well. My needs hopefully are ones I can quickly overcome, and those being as stated previously, my physical height and body construction.
~For now, call me Remmy!
Welcome to Susan's Place. I am 5'14" and am currently about 170 pounds so it can be done. Mostly I find it's a matter of what you wear. Finding clothes that fit is much easer than it used to be. There are web sites that cater to the tall. When I started my transition, it was catalogs that topped out at 5'11" which would work most of the time or one tall woman's shop in Phoenix.
It sounds link you have your path pretty well planed out but feel free to ask if there is anything I can help you with.
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Hi Remmy :icon_wave:
Welcome to Susan's :) Glad to have you here, join on in the fun
Hugs
V M
Welcome! I live in Virginia as well. Feel free to reach out if you need help locating local resources or figuring out how to change your documents!
Quote from: Dena on January 18, 2016, 05:01:26 PM
Welcome to Susan's Place. I am 5'14" and am currently about 170 pounds so it can be done. Mostly I find it's a matter of what you wear. Finding clothes that fit is much easer than it used to be. There are web sites that cater to the tall. When I started my transition, it was catalogs that topped out at 5'11" which would work most of the time or one tall woman's shop in Phoenix.
It sounds link you have your path pretty well planed out but feel free to ask if there is anything I can help you with.
We issue to all new members the following links so you will best be able to use the web site.
I do have a plan, yes. And i'm not so worried about clothes as it is just being generally accepted in public as a woman without much of a glance. My family has very tall women in it (Most women in my fathers side of the family are over 6') So I understand how frustrating it can be, they have confided in me about their issues of being born female and men and women still thinking they are transgender based solely upon their height, not to mention finding shoes!
Thank you all so far for your greetings, I've always loved how warm and inviting this community is!
Hi Remmy, welcome to Susan's Place! I love a lurker turned member story! :laugh:
Also a big fan of 5' 14" girls! Thanks for that one, Dena! ;D
Looking forward to seeing you around the site.
Hugs, Devlyn