I apologise Minar. You are Icelandic, of course. A very different society. I know enough about Iceland to know it is very different from the US and they wouldn't like being confused.

My grand-nieces likes Lazytown and I had a bank account with Icesave. Both of which were very impressive.

I do apologise for being so clumsey.

I realise, suggesting you were an American is a hard thing to forget. But hopefully, in future years, when you look back, you can firgive this terrible faux pas and perhaps find a little forgiveness.

"People, I think, need to understand that most transsexuals are simply uncomfortable living in the bodies we are given. It has absolutely nothing to do with sex or deceit."

And if asked whether you are deceitful when you dress in girls clothes, even though you have male parts:

"It would seem to me the deception is that I would act and dress in a way that misrepresents my personality."

We transition to fix a problem (to escape our own private hells,) not to get attention.

Transsexuals don't transition because it's a turn on. (Well, I guess it's possible but it generally doesn't seem to be the case.)

Hard to pick just one.

Quote from: spacial on August 28, 2010, 11:01:57 AM
I apologise Minar. You are Icelandic, of course. A very different society. I know enough about Iceland to know it is very different from the US and they wouldn't like being confused.

My grand-nieces likes Lazytown and I had a bank account with Icesave. Both of which were very impressive.

I do apologise for being so clumsey.

I realise, suggesting you were an American is a hard thing to forget. But hopefully, in future years, when you look back, you can firgive this terrible faux pas and perhaps find a little forgiveness.

pssh, is fine, just made me crack up a bit.

Quote from: Silver on August 28, 2010, 10:17:01 PM
We transition to fix a problem (to escape our own private hells,) not to get attention.

This times a hundred.  I was accused of this by my last therapist.  She said my efforts to transition were "attention-seeking behavior".   

Quote from: spacial on August 28, 2010, 04:54:36 AM
.... self expression is the essence of liberity and freedom. It is what America stands for, the freedom of the individual.

There's a lot of people here in the Deep South that must've missed that lesson in school.  Oh, they'll speak about freedom from one side of their mouth, and from the other side tell me I can't drink wine, that I need to go to church, and that I really don't want to transition.

Quote from: Miniar on August 27, 2010, 03:48:03 PM
As you may have heard, I'm gonna be on television.

On 26 August I got word that my lawyers can go ahead with my claims against the gender clinic and local health service so I am fully expecting to get a lot of media attention in the near future.  In UK we have some gutter reporters who will try to dredge up my old male name and stuff but I've got a plan to beat them to it.

Miniar you only have to tell your story as it is and hope that the viewers understand what you are saying.

I'm going to add this, since I love Quotes, from Bicentennial man. For those of you who haven't seen the movie, it's about a robot who dreams about being Human. When asked why he wants to be legally human, he replies: "To be acknowledged for who and what I am; no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but the simple truth of that recognition has been the elemental drive of my existence and it must be achieved if I am to live or die with dignity."

So, Min, tell us how it went! 

- Kate

Quote from: K8 on August 30, 2010, 07:58:08 AM
So, Min, tell us how it went! 

- Kate

I will I will..

I'm thinking of doing a vid to YT where I ramble about it a little.
(And also give some news on my transition, cause I HAVE some.)

Miniar do tell.

Yeah, do it. I'm curious.