Hey everyone! I haven't really been around in quite a while and thought it'd be great to have a thread where anyone can share their positive experiences during pre-transition, now or after! Or just anything in general!

For me, my whole family knows of my gender identity and are very accepting. My Dad was the least person I would ever expect to even support me through this and it has turned out much better than I had previously thought (I was very hopeless about it).

One thing that sticks out to me the most was about 2 months ago during a group program I was attending (it didn't have anything to do with gender issues). I had begun taking public transport for the first time in my life - this was a really big goal for me and I'm so proud of to have accomplished it. ^_^

Anywayyys, this was soooo unexpected! The group and I were in the car on the way back to where we always meet up after going go-karting. One of the girls in the group who had been sitting next to me turned around and asked me in a hesitant sort of way if she could ask me a question. I of course said yes and was wondering why she asked me like that. I had no idea what it was that she wanted to know and at first thought she wanted to ask if I was a gay male (not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just that the way I dress and stuff while still coming off as male to others). To my surprise she asked me if I had started HRT! :O I was so happy and shocked to hear that as I had not even told anyone in the group or even gave a slight hint towards any of that and I was totally not expecting someone to think that of me haha. Plus I haven't even started HRT so that made it even better! She said I looked nothing like a guy and was in her own words "actually very pretty". This was probably the nicest thing anyone has said to me. We had a great conversation afterwards and during our other group sessions the others in the group had picked up on it and had started using female pronouns and everything on me! I always reflect back on this particular experience when I feel down about myself.

Though others I come across in the real word still probably see me as male, I always present and see myself as female and that is all that matters. I really don't care anymore what someone thinks of me, I feel so right about who I am that I wear and do whatever I feel comfortable with!

Please feel free to share your experiences here, thanks for reading!

~Val

Well a few months back I joined this bicycle club, there they mainly focused on free riding or extreme bmx-ing in other words bicycle parkour. I was into this stuff when I was still a young little thing, I have watched videos and started training ever since I had my first bicycle. So we usually have fundraisers and we perform in public like in parks sometimes around the mall or in car parks. But this isn't my first group as the others kicked me out stating that I'm a *ehem* distraction to other riders. So I ask why? And it seems that when I do stunts, (the ones that require flexibility) I tend to expose some places like my tummy or whatevs. So? big deal you guys ride around shirtless most of the time. So I quit the club and now I'm in a better one and this time I'm not the only girl there. So some time back as I was riding with my partner my group leader was doing his usual video cutting on my laptop then I released that he was using my profile instead of user I forgot to switch it. So he went through some of my video logs and voice recording and my timeline when I was going through my transition. So after everything was done he called me aside and he went 'I never knew you're a boy before' so I had to explain, however in the end he said something I would never expect. He went wow this is just awesome. So I went 'why? Then he said ' because I'm was a girl before' So I was all WHAT? So we talked and eventually got kinda close but seriously tho I never expected that, I mean wow just wow just wow. Aaaaand to to mention he did call me adorable. 

OH MY GOSH!!! That is so crazy. xD I was not expecting that to happen, that's so awesome. And he was right, you are adorable.

I cant help but to not accidentally let out a tiny giggle-snort whenever someone calls me adorable and also, thank you! *hugs*

Hehe, you're welcome. ^.^ *hugs*

I don't have anything too spectacular :p but I've had a few moments when iv felt kinda proud about myself, like passing two sterio type cis males and them both checking me out, first one I hear say to his freind I THINK that's a man and the other saying men don't look that good , and their was a time I was shoping with a freind and she reffered to me as he, and I was surprised to see that the shop assistant I'd been actively talking about shoes no less was surprised and said weill I would never of guessed , and in another shop I went in sombody asked me for fashion advise after I'd already spoke to them face to face. I also have a religiouse farther thats understanding and we talk a lot about religious things his religion isn't as acepting as my dad. And an old cupples reaction to me when through bad choice of clothing and a windy day had then comenting that they wished other girls would wear shorts under skirts if not leggings, all these thing helped me understand that the world isn't as bad as I though it was, and that more importantly. With hrt and surgeries it can only get better for me . Oh and the first time I got in a taxi to a were are you going love and left with a see you later love and not see you later mate.  I have had a few bad exsperiences too, but its always from the sorts of people that if they wasn't calling my ->-bleeped-<- they'd calling me four eyes instead :p   

Haha, that's so great to hear Butterfly. Yeah, there will always be those ignorant and bad people in this world but they can wallow in their own negativeness. And yesss I hate when someone calls me mate. _._

Lol I don't hate being called mate, I hate when its Love to start with :p you know being wecomed as femail and then dismissed as male, I have one freind that calles every body mate, girl and boys. So with his its mate to start and mate to finish. But when the word changes anoyes me, because I left wondering what gave me away sort of speak and I never know because I only found out their opinion of me changes when I'm being dismissed anyway sorry for going of topic.

OMG the feels! I was walking with some of my friends from a support group ( which I am now proudly helping in ) so some of them were on HRT and one of their cousin tagged along and he refers to everyone as "Fella" even me for it wasn't much of a problem but for my friends it was a living hell, they kept asking 'so does he think we're guys or gals? Then they all look at me and im all 'What?' So they say 'well you're by far the most girlish here so go ask him what e thinks' Kaaay so I go ask him and he says 'well you all look smashing except for the fella in blue is he a crossdresser? So I go ' dude! shut up!' and hes like 'ooooohhh sorry fella' the moral of the story is NEVER let guys tag along when hanging out. Well... unless hes some hot, delicious guy. *ehem* forgive me *wipes drool away*