Hi,
I'm Kevin. I'm a 20 year old FtM and I live in NSW, Australia. I follow some other online trans communities (mostly Livejournal), but I'm a lurker everywhere. I've been reading this forum for a couple of days and you all seem pretty cool, so I thought I'd make an effort to participate for once. :)
Transition-wise, I'm pre-T pre-op but I've been out as trans and "presenting male" since I was 15. I'm in the middle of a legal name change (application already submitted, waiting for new birth certificate). I was seeing my psychiatrist last year who wanted me to officially live as male for a while aka get a job, before he'd prescribe me testosterone. I've avoided jobs (not to mention any social life) because of suffering from social anxiety disorder, but I'm recovering now and looking for a job / hoping to be able to start testosterone soon. Starting to get very impatient about that.
I suppose I'll share some general getting-to-know-you info too.
I'm a bit of a science-nerd... and general-nerd, really. I'm particularly into astronomy. Although I go through every interest under the sun and have a thirst for knowledge about everything. I have a 2-yr old cat called Lunar. I'm into sci-fi, and if you couldn't tell from my username I'm also a Trekkie.
That's about it. Hopefully I won't become another lurker. ::)
Hi Kevin, :icon_wave:
Welcome to our little family. Over 5900 strong. That would be one heck of a family reunion.
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But remember we are family here, your family now. And it is always nice to have another brother. :icon_hug:
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Hugs and Love,
Janet
Hi Janet, thanks for the friendly welcome and the information. :)
Hey Kevin, welcome to Susan's. Here's hoping this red shirt will stick around longer than the rest. :P
Hi Kevin
Welcome. I'm in Adelaide. There are quite a few Aussie boys and girls here. But it's a lot of fun to have International friends as well.
But we of course are the coolest :laugh: (she waits for flack)
Cindy
Hi Kevin
Welcome to the forum.
I'm not quite in your neighborhood but as a siencejunk you know that a virtual welcomehug will reach the other part of the world in just seconds.
Well, there it is.
a welcomehug
annette
Welcome aboard. I am in Northern Victoria, and hopefully will start HRT in a few weeks. Lots of interesting people and good info here.
Cheers, Sandra.
Stay long and prosper,
Kate (Half Human and half Vulcan female)