And, Lady Smith.... I love your avatar.  Forging is pretty neat. 

Quote from: CrysC on September 22, 2015, 12:43:57 AM
And, Lady Smith.... I love your avatar.  Forging is pretty neat.

Thanks 

Quote from: Jessie Ann on September 19, 2015, 09:28:57 AM
Getting ready to have another multi-hour multi-tech electrolysis session.  This should get me to about the halfway point.  I hope that they will be able to get a complete clearing done this time.

Good luck girl friend. Don't we all hate those nasty hairs. Appt. myself for this Saturday for my lady to zap away! She does all she can to make me as nice as possible but I still have a way to go until all are dead.  Ugggggg

Last day at Work before leaving for our Cruise .just to get my Hair done and some last minuet shopping .That really makes me HAPPY !!!!

Today at work i was out on the plant floor and came up on a group of newly hired employees.  While trying to navigate my way around them, one young man said "Hey guys, get out of this ladies' way!"

Such a simple thing to say, except work is the one place left where I still present as male.   I'm in contact with HR and we're planning but it hasn't happened yet so that was a huge boost being in guy clothes, no makeup. ...nothing!  And i needed it tonight especially.

Thank you new people, you made my day!   

My roommates went out last night so I had some time to myself. I needed it so badly. The cis world was getting to be too much! So I spent the whole night watching "My Genderation" vids. When I realized this morning how much calmer and happier I felt as a result, I jumped with joy. I watched a few more vids before work, just for a trans top up!

Yay for Birthday goodies this week!




I just love this cute skirt I got,

I got my annual performance review at my job today.

My boss and I had an interesting chat. As you may recall, I went full time in June. I had VFS in June and started speaking in July.

He said that he noticed that my attitude completely 100% changed since I went full time. He also acknowledged that my gender dysphoria may have played a part in me basically messing up in the beginning of the year, so he put that aside. He said since I started back talking I am 10000% more confident and dedicated to the job; so he gave me a good (not great, just good) review. He also said he noticed me being more proactive and innovating more.

I'm happy with that as I got a decent raise too.

And it's true. Gender dysphoria was killing me to no end. I transitioned to save my life and I have NO regrets about doing it.

I also definitely think I will do GCS in late 2016 or first half of 2017 whenever I can get a surgery date from whoever and the funds together.

But yes I'm happy.

Did I mention passing is really just automatic now? I really don't worry about it at all. It just happens.


Any employers watching this is what happens when you support your transgender employees. Their life will improve and the quality of their work usually does too when they have a supportive environment. I cannot thank enough the (female) director who went above and beyond to make sure I felt supported and welcomed. Not just as an employee but as a woman. She made it absolutely clear that I can come to her anytime for anything and she will not judge me and that I am just one of the ladies in the office and nothing less.

That is sooooo wonderful Kate, - congratulations 

My boss used my name in a meeting.

Kate, I am very happy for you.

That's so great to hear Kate, I'm so happy for you!

That's awesome Kate. Raises are always a good thing, makes the commute more enticing.

Oh and I almost forgot. Even though I have a court order for my name change, it isn't effective until October and I can't change it at work until I change my social security record.

But my boss talked with HR and used my new, preferred name in my review and said it's fine, that HR said I could use it since I had the court order in hand.

Congratz Kate!  You deserve this.  You're an example of great strength & perseverance.  More good things will be coming your way.  Promise!

This actually happened to me Sunday but whatever. Had a grocery truck that needed the back door open so I let management know over my radio. I got told just to come to the office and pick up a set of keys. The first manager started looking for the keys when the shift manager came in the office. I guess the first manager was worried he would get in trouble giving me the keys. Since he asked the shift manager. "Is it alright if I give him the keys, so he can open the doors." Before I could say anything the shift manager said "Who is he?" The first manager's face turned bright red when he realized his mistake.

Kate, thank you for such a nice update, I'm very very happy for you

Started 2nd week of HRT, my patches stayed on all last week, AND I got to have a real Egg McMuffin for LUNCH!  What a world we live in!

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The swelling is starting to subside in my jaw and neck, and my lower lip is almost back to normal. 

Fantastic girl!  I can't wait to see the results.

Quote from: kittenpower on September 24, 2015, 05:21:36 PM
The swelling is starting to subside in my jaw and neck, and my lower lip is almost back to normal.

Thanks Jessie; I'm having a slower recovery than I'm used to, due to all of the work that was done, but I'll post some pictures when the majority of the swelling goes away. I hope you are doing well.