Hello, Im new to the site, but read the forums often for advice.
now I have a personal issue.
Well, Im a transgender (FtM), and I am stressing out wether or not to tell my school counsellour. I am very close to her, but unsure of her LGBT veiws. I am nervous, and I really want to tell someone,
because I am about to lose it, I want to transition.
So, if anyone has any advice at all, please help.

~Landon

Hopefully some with experience of school councellors can respond.

I say go for it.
You say that you are very close to her.
I can't imagine a school counselor in this day and age not being trained in at least LGB issues.
Maybe she hasn't had previous experience with TS but there is always a first time.
Good luck.

Landon:

I can understand your need to tell someone and transition.  Is it our counselor you wish to tell, or perhaps you should be speaking to a therapist?

Also, what is it you are going to tell and what are you going to ask?  Telling her is one thing, but are you, in fact looking for advice for how to transition?

Also you may want to investigate what your school's views on LGBT acceptance are.  That may be a more crucial issue.  If your school is accepting of LGBT youth, then, regardless of her personal views, your counselor would be required to accept and assist you.  But even if the school and your counselor are accepting, neither of them, probably, have not had any experience with trans youth.

I would recommend that you speak to a properly trained gender therapist if at all possible first.  If that is not possible, you could approach your counselor and simply ask her about the school's position on LGBT issues.  You wouldn't necessarily have to disclose anything about yourself, or at most, simply say that you are questioning and are looking for more information.

Also, Landon, you didn't mention anything about your family, how would they take to this issue?

And since you have been cruising the forums for a bit you know that we like to get to know our brethren when they join.  So take a moment, if you can, and tell us something about yourself.  I'm sure one of our official greeters will be along and congratulate you.

It's good to have you here, Landon!

Talk to you soon!

-Sandy

I don't know the policy they have for LGBT youth, so I'll look into that.
Thank you all for your advice.
And I'll get to posting a topic about myself, thanks.

It may be less stressful if you bear in mind that you don't have to tell her all in one fell swoop, like by saying out of nowhere, "I'm transgendered and I want to transition from female to male." 

Instead, you can go slowly and test the waters.  You could bring up the subject of ->-bleeped-<- in general, maybe say you've read various things about it over the years, and ask what she thinks of the idea that people can be trans.  Or you could say something like, "I've never thought of myself as a girl, and being expected to be one is really bothering me."  Of course, since you are really close, there's a chance she'd see where you were going with something like that and make it easy for you to open up right away.  But you'd also have the option of giving her some time to think about it after only bringing it up in a vague or indirect way.  The actual coming out conversation tends to be easier if you've already broached the subject in one way or another and then had some time to reflect on it.

Also keep in mind that the more people you come out to, the easier it gets.  It is really helpful to have someone to talk to.  And since she's a school counselor, she might be able to help you connect with LGBT resources in your area.

Your school counsellour might be the best person to talk to about getting on the road.

Even if she can help you transition are you in a position where you can transition?