Hello people of the forums! I have been lurking around here for a long time and I finally decided to make an account so I can contribute to the website and hopefully make some friends!
I am a young FtM who is currently pre-hormones and pre-surgery. I came out as transgender around November 2015-January 2016. I was very scared to bring it up to my mother. Luckily she was very accepting and supportive, so she tries her best to help me out and I am thankful for that.
I got with my partner back in March 2015, so I was very nervous about bringing it up to her. However, she is supportive like my mother and is usually the first person to inform me about things going on in the LGBT+ community.
I had struggled for a while about trying to deny myself that I was transgender, I eventually knew that this was really who I am and I have accepted it. I tried to deny it because I was heavily bullied. (and recently harassed)
Even as a young child I kind of knew I wasn't "normal." I
hated girly things and I felt that I just couldn't connect with girls as well as I could with boys. When I would look in the mirror, I saw a boy instead of a girl. Even when we would do "House play" in kindergarten, I would always want to be the father, brother, or even the dog. I even remember one time in kindergarten my teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up and I said, "I want to be a boy." I remember them laughing at me about it. So, the signs were there when I was really small, but I didn't fully realize it until I was 13-14 years old.
I hope I can get to know some people and have someone to talk to in my downtime, because it does get a little boring and lonely sometimes. I don't have the advantage of visiting LGBT+ centers like most others. (I pretty much live in the middle of nowhere)
Thank you!
