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I am so happy, The people I meet in Washington State are transgender cool!

Started by Donna, July 09, 2016, 01:32:27 AM

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Donna

I do not know what sub forum to post my sense of elation about where I live.
Let's just say, Washington State people I meet seem to be really fantastic about my Transgender Life.
I go surfing. I surf as a woman. I have not had surgery, nor is it on the near horizon.
I surf like a girl, so they say. I ride my motorcycle to my surf paradise on the Washington State coast where I store my surfboards and wet suits.
I surf in Westport, Washington. Yeah, I know, it's cold here, but it is a short motorcycle ride from the Seattle area where I live.
The people of Westport are cool. The people of Grayland, Washington are cool.

I was out walking the shoreline sand relaxing wearing my fun sundress. I am in my 60's and my face may show some wrinkles, but let me tell you surfing around here makes a girl hardy and able to take a cool evening walk without a sweater..  I met an elderly gentleman walking the shoreline, perhaps in his early 70's but hardy and fit. We chatted a while about a dead sea lion we saw washed up in the sand. He did not seem to care that my voice was not all that feminine yet I was wearing my tight after-surfing racer back sun dress. Our conversation was about the poor dead sea lion. He was a local and I am a local.
Further on down the beach, I came across a State of Washington Park Ranger driving the shoreline doing his job. We chatted a while. He explained that just minutes earlier he helped someone else get their car un-stuck in the sand. This somewhat of a beach police officer/park ranger seemed to be new at helping people dig their cars out from being stuck driving on the sandy beach around here. I explained to the nice gentleman ranger/officer how I frequently come out of the surf and discover some poor person who has buried his or her car tires up to the axle and is afraid of the rising tide.
I explain to the ranger/officer driving shoreline patrol that I always advise these people to simply let most of the air out of their tires. Works every time. The advice even works coming from me, a pretty transgender surfer who sometimes surfs wearing my wet suit (Imagine a full neck to ankle Spanx which really trims the form) or sometimes strolls along wearing a nice sun dress.
I just love living where I live!
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Donna

Further, I am proud of my State of Washington for rejecting one of those stupid bathroom bills in State Legislature.
I can without a sense of harassment use a restroom that matches the gender I present.
There are times that I do not present as female, and I use the men's room. It smells in there.
Wasn't there a certain male member of the US Congress who got into trouble for soliciting another man in a public restroom? He said he had a wide stance.

When I pee, I do not have a wide stance. I sit in a stall and do my business, then exit the stall and proceed to the the sink to wash my hands, and use the mirror to make sure I look presentable before I exit the rest room.
This is what the people of Washington State have guaranteed that I continue to do without fear of being harassed by some joker trying to pee with a wide stance, or worse.
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DawnOday

I live in Washington too. South of Seattle. Do you go to any of the outreach centers. If so what are they like? Washington is awesome.
Dawn Oday

It just feels right   :icon_hug: :icon_hug: :icon_kiss: :icon_kiss: :icon_kiss:

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First indication I was different- 1956 kindergarten
First crossdress - Asked mother to dress me in sisters costumes  Age 7
First revelation - 1982 to my present wife
First time telling the truth in therapy June 15, 2016
Start HRT Aug 2016
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Donna

No, I have never gone to an outreach center. But I do feel very at home here with the open acceptance I find.
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Josefa

That sounds so exciting and laid back at the same time.  I am a well... I don't know what I am. I wear skirts and panties ever day at my house and love, love them,  for tops I wear tank tops and t-shirts.  Most of my skirts are short skaters skirts.  My wife is ok with this change I think I'll stay here and let her get used to this in stages.  I am not sure where and how far I want to take it.  So far it's feels good and natural we'll see, I don't have to do it all at once, it's not a race or a contest.  So I am enjoying where I am. 
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