see now the thing is that I can honestly say that I have never masterbated in my life. I am not trying to be the odd ball here but I really haven't. I always thought it was part of being a transsexual but turns out it is different for every person. I am still sexually arroused and active but no never masterbated. (i should note that I have been on HRT for 6 months and my sexual intensity has yet to change) hope this helps...

like some of the other ladies the thing down there repulses me. I also cant wait to get rid of it. Sadly some how you have to relieve your self and there are only 2 ways. I start HRT at the end of Jan and I hope it does take away the strange feelings down there.

I do not really care that much about my bits, just plain neutral.
But before I started on HRT I masturbated regularly, twice a day. But since I started on HRT my drive just disappeared. I have not touched that part for half a year and I do not miss it in any way.

My libido is there, I get aroused from time to time. But that part is not part of that feeling.

Quote from: jesse on December 16, 2009, 04:16:21 AM
i here you mija
jessica

Seconded. I'm pre-everything at this point but my feelings are exactly the same. So frustrating.

I did masturbate before hormones, probably never went more than a month without doing it since I was 14.

Now, just 15 days on hormones, my libido already has dropped a lot and I don't even wake up with an erection anymore, which is really a good feeling.

It is a weird feeling being turned on and yet not having an erection.

Quote from: Elijah on December 09, 2009, 04:19:13 PM
This is for pre opp females..

Do you masturbate?

I'm not trying to be a pervert here, bust doesnt estrogen keep you from having erections, I mean, how do you guys deal with it?

As a guy, even a pre T guy, I have a pretty high sex drive, and I'm able to masturbate, just to get off, but my body doesnt turn me on.

anyway, just curious

I certainly don't want to masterbate or have an erection. If I did I would find it most ditressing. My body doesn't turn me on either. Estrogen doesn't completely stop erections and anti androgens will help in the process in stoping them. I've been on HRT and anti - androgens since 2002 but I still occasionally get an erection and hate it so much.

This certainly not the way most of us genuine TS's feel and you are a typical man which is why you don't understand us.

Quote from: Elijah on December 09, 2009, 04:19:13 PM
This is for pre opp females..

Do you masturbate?

I'm not trying to be a pervert here, bust doesnt estrogen keep you from having erections, I mean, how do you guys deal with it?

As a guy, even a pre T guy, I have a pretty high sex drive, and I'm able to masturbate, just to get off, but my body doesnt turn me on.

anyway, just curious

Well, I guess I am different than most on here, and that is OK.  I do masturbate, and enjoy it very much.  It gives me pleasure.  But I like to look at my body, and see my breasts and my hard penis.
The E issue is tricky, but through the years I have learned what the balance is to be able to achieve erections and still feminize with E.  I am sure the levels are different for everyone so that is an issue for you and your Dr.

The annoying dangler doesn't get up very often and so I don't play about with it much 

If I do give it a go it's mostly because I want it to go away and stop bothering me 

Elijha..

Thank you for asking the questions everyone else is too shy to ask


*slips out of girls room*

Quote from: Virginia87106 on December 16, 2009, 06:17:11 PM
Well, I guess I am different than most on here, and that is OK.  I do masturbate, and enjoy it very much.  It gives me pleasure.  But I like to look at my body, and see my breasts and my hard penis.

way to go Virginia I'm glad you can still enjoy your body, because so many people cant.

Quote from: Elijah on December 16, 2009, 07:47:10 PM
way to go Virginia I'm glad you can still enjoy your body, because so many people cant.

Quote from: Elijah on December 16, 2009, 07:47:10 PM
way to go Virginia I'm glad you can still enjoy your body, because so many people cant.

That's one of the things that differentiates transsexuals from transgenders Elijah.

Um ... wtf? Are you challenging Virginia's* identity? I really hope that's not what you meant. Because that's not cool.







* not to mention myself, or bunch of my IRL friends and acquaintences, or a lot of other people on this forum.

Mija...You've got it 100% right. I know as a transexual I hate my male body and all the bits and pieces that go with it.

Davina

I never could understand the difference between TS, and TG

but I dont think the fact that she can tolerate her 'bits' changes her gender identity, maybe I'm wrong

Uh yeah, this issue has nothing to do with TS vs TG.

As for me personally -- I was never one of the people who hate the unfortunate appendage, I just wished I had something else down there.  But I also have a high sex drive so I can't really avoid 'maintenance'.  I don't know how much genetic girls generally know about 'nocturnal emissions' but with me if I didn't do regular 'maintenance' then I just ended up have the sexy dreams where you wake up and have to change your underwear.  That's a really gross situation, especially when I was at boarding school.

In the past year though I've sort of changed the way I take care of that situation... I don't really think you want me to get into all the details (or maybe you do ), but I'll just say that in my head I'm doing what girls do.

I'm not challenging anyone's identity Alyssa.

Quote from: Elijah on December 09, 2009, 04:19:13 PM
This is for pre opp females..

Do you masturbate?

I'm not trying to be a pervert here, bust doesnt estrogen keep you from having erections, I mean, how do you guys deal with it?

As a guy, even a pre T guy, I have a pretty high sex drive, and I'm able to masturbate, just to get off, but my body doesnt turn me on.

anyway, just curious

I used to have what I believe is a typical male libido before I started hormones.

Over 6 months of HRT and my libido has diminished an immense amount.  Spontaneous urges (the kind without stimuli) happen very rarely now.  Morning wood isn't even a thought anymore.

Erections and pleasuring myself is only achieved anymore through a personal fantasy dance of mental gymnastics.

I do so maybe twice a month now but it's usually only to allay my concerns for sexual functionality and other possible related factors after SRS.  I have to admit though, I have a hard time even remembering any sort of schedule for even that now.  As for erections themselves, I'm lucky to get just over half erect even during climax.


This questionnaire is for medical purposes right?   

(edit: personal)

I am curious here, am I reading that if you don't hate your penis you are a transgender....and as long as you hate it you are a genuine transsexual?

That is like saying if a some one only likes to give annal male sex but doesn't like to receive it he is less gay cause he isn't down for the whole package of what being gay is all about.

Being a transsexual is about the feelings you have about yourself on the inside. I am wondering who is inventing these standards to be considered a "genuine" transsexual. I think that it is silly to discount someones identity just because they don't hate their body like the majority.

Saying that you have to hate your penis and never use it since it was a part of your past manhood is like saying you should hate your larger than female hands and never use them since they are the result of the male growth development during adolescence.

am I wrong here...

agreed janessa i think the word transgender was coined do to the fact that some people didnt like the term transsexual to me its semantics to me if your gender identity is different then your birth gender then your one of us lol
jessica

Although I do not mean to speak for anyone else, I do not believe that was meant in any posts.

It simply is not a true statement for everyone.  Some TS do not have 'hate' for their penis, just varying degree's of dislike