It seemed like the thing to do.

Quote from: Berliegh on December 07, 2007, 02:16:34 AM

Quote from: Rachael on December 06, 2007, 09:18:26 AM
look, young transitioners, and i know you mean me mainly by this. DO accept what hte 70s were like, you tell us enough! so you didnt transition in your teens? so what? you have now. your still a woman... the big dealio here seems to be jelousy.... this topic is for young transitioners to talk about transition at a young age, i dont care if you came out early, but didnt transition till your 30s-40s, thats not a young transition is it? the issues are different, and this topic is to discuss those issues. I constantly see this issue coming up, of older transitioners winging and whineing about the young not understanding them. no, we dont, were a different generation. that alone regardless of trans means we dont 'get you' like you get each other. i wish Melissa and Berleigh would stop moaning in this topic... it surmounts to trolling, as you have no useful imput to the topic content other than crying about us not understanding you. Take it somewhere else please.
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I'm surprised you would have a dig at me Rachael. I started HRT at 24! a year after you started HRT....now I don't call that late transitioning....

.....and both Melissa's points and my own are very valid to the social climate changes that have happened over the last 20 or 30 years...

I also don't like the topic segragation of older and younger transsexuals seen on this forum. I also don't have a problem with older transitioners even if I don't understand why they do leave it so late....but I except it.

First, using the quote function overrides the ignore function and exposes me to actually reading ignored users' posts. Secondly, I don't have any problem relating to young people, TS or not. What I have a problem with is relating to people, young or old, who think they know it all when in reality, they know little or nothing. YThe woman I am seeing now is 24 but she is intelligent and open-minded and we have no problem relating to one another. She appreciates sharing my life experiences. Those who think they can't relate to older people are bigots.

Thirdly, I wouldn't trade my life for anyone's. I am not jealous of not being born in a better time for transitioning. Growing up in the sixties and seventies simply rocked in a way that cannot be compared to anything.

Lastly, I suggest to all who see a post in a thread that they consider off-topic, they should just ignore it rather than try to refute it, thereby encouraging a continuation of the discussion.

nice to remind folk you have me on ignore, in the hope this gets quoted sometime.... biggot is the worng word mel
and 24-however old you are is differnet... there is generational difference.... plus i dont paticularly WANT to relate to you luv.
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I just knew I had to be a girl from a very young age... 4 to be exact and I spent 12 years lying to my parents to keep my secret a secret and making sure that when I was wearing my mother's clothing that I put it back exactly the way I found them to not arouse her suspiciouns. About 6 maybe 7 yars ago I couldn't bear being a male and I was at my wits end, depressed, non-social (not like I had been before this got that bad), and secluded from society. Fast-forward 6 years later, the depression and the want to be correct in my own body became too much to handle and I told my parents... actually my mother considering I thought my father would have disowned me if I had come out to him (which wasn't the case and I felt very bad about not telling him later when he found out.) Fast-forward now about 4 months later, I'm now on HRT and very happy. I had to fight and do quite a few things that I definitely would not have done before, but, I have made it and I'm very happy.

I did know one thing throughout this whole ordeal, I WOULD NOT ever attempt to kill myself. I did think about it at points where my situation seemed to be hopeless but I never attempted it because, even though I was fighting them, I would not want to hurt my parents or those who cared about me like that.

Anyway enough of my sad story, it's getting to me now.

The will to live as what I am, female.  Isn't that enough to trigger anybody's transition?

Quote from: Rachael on December 07, 2007, 04:52:03 PM
nice to remind folk you have me on ignore, in the hope this gets quoted sometime.... biggot is the worng word mel
and 24-however old you are is differnet... there is generational difference.... plus i dont paticularly WANT to relate to you luv.
R

Hey, I'm the bigot, you're just angsty.

i am the angst kitten ^_^ rawr!
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Quote from: Valentina on December 09, 2007, 12:09:34 AM
The will to live as what I am, female.  Isn't that enough to trigger anybody's transition?

It should be .  Your core identity is something you can't hide for too long.

Hi, I'm 17 and i haven't transitioned yet but i plan to around June when I finnish school. I have sort of started a transition, I have grown my hair and have it in a fairly femmenine style, I wear some makeup, I wear a womans perfume and I have had a consultation for laser hair removal and will begin this in January. I have also made an appointment to see a psychiatrist.

I really want to transition as soon as possible becauses I hate being male, and I get extremely depressed by it and even feel suicidal at times, I haven't attemted suicide but sometimes I really have the urge. I want to transition so I can live as me and be happy, and I want to like what see in the mirror.

I am also in the UK, how long does it take from first psychiatrist appointment to start HRT?

If you go to the nhs it depends on area, dont expect to see a NHS psych within 2 years though... its probably best, if your parents support you, to go private... youll get hrt in one or two visits...
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Do you know anywhere I could go in the east midlands?
Do have to transition before they give you HRT?

In thier rules, its RLE THEN hrt usually, but if you go private to Dr Curtis in london, he will do it usually first...
where abouts in the east midlands? im in sheffield...
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I live in leicestershire

not sure which GIC covers there, but your looking at 2 years minimum wait to be SEEN... and you wouldnt start rle straight away, and hrt is a fair few years away... privately, its almost instant IF you can afford it... (ofcourse a private prescrioption can be covered by the nhs... )
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how much is it to go private?

depends, iirc, curtis, is £200 for the first session, and £100 a session there after.  or if you have private healthcare, that can refer you toone of the nhs shrinks who takes private paitents... youd best do some reasearch yourself on the subject, ive not really got much knowlage of the private system myself.
sorry
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Thanks anyway
Can all psychiatrisat perscribe HRT or does it have to be a specialist?

they dont, well, gender specialists are needed, they refer you to an endocrinologist, who says what you need, then your gp will prescribe...
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I just had a look on Dr Curtis' website, he's increasing his prices by 10%!
It would be worth it if it means I can get HRT and transition sooner. Hopefully I get some money for christmas.

tbh, its better than the wait on the nhs...
how supportive are your parents?
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