Hey everyone! Call me Mimi (though that's not my real name). I'm a pre-transition Female to Male transgender person who's learning to love himself & be okay with the fact that he likes to to present female sometimes. I had an account here once before, a long time ago, but I'm a very different person now and I also no longer have the email associated with that account.
For a little about me... I only have a year left of being a true teenager and I'm freaking out about it. I volunteer out at a parrot & exotic bird rescue every other Sunday and love it, and I have a cockatiel who's my little sweetheart. I love makeup & dresses, though at the moment I mostly wear button downs & other men's clothing due to dysphoria (except for when I'm home and want to indulge myself or going to a VERY progressive trans-friendly LGBT center in my area). My parents are supportive though I think they think it's a little strange that I would go through all the trouble of hormones, surgery, etc just to present femininely sometimes...but that's just their opinion, and I can live with it. I'm currently working with my therapist to try to get on testosterone before my 18th birthday, in addition to working out some SEVERE depression & anxiety issues of mine.
So, yeah! Thanks for having me and having this community, it's great!

Hi Mimi,

Welcome to the site. It has many people with very different experiences. In other words the potential for a lot of information and support.

Not sure of your age. If you are living with your parents, you might be under 18 or so. If so there is a section called youth talk. three is also a section called Significant Others that is for, well, significant others but also family. If you wanted to help your parents and they were interested...

I also wanted to share some links we pass along to newly posting members. Welcome info and rules of the site. If you have not read them, please do so:

Site Terms of Service & Rules to Live By	Standard Terms & Definitions	Post Ranks (including when you can upload an avatar)
Reputation rules	News posting & quoting guidelines	Photo, avatars, & signature images policy

Once again, welcome to Susan's. Hope you find what you are looking for.

With warmth,

Joanna

Welcome, Mimi! We're glad to have you and thank you for sharing a bit about yourself.

I, too, am struggling with mental health issues which I thought would prevent me from transitioning. In actuality, as I found out, transitioning helped to take away those issues in addition to proper medical care.

I hope that you seek out the appropriate mental health treatment you need and continue on these funny little journeys we call life and transition 

Hugs and warm wishes,

Princess

Hi Mimi 

Welcome to Susan's    Glad to have you here, join on in the fun

Hugs

V M

A hearty welcome to Susan's, Mimi.