This is my 1st post. I'm having alot of problems coping with my transgender feelings and I don't kno how to handle it. I'm over 21 but sadly I still live with my obsessively Christian parents. They r completely against the idea that I am actually a man inside. I don't have good insurance for therapy or hormones or surgery. Does ne1 have ne ideas on how to cope n adapt until I can c a therapist n start transitioning?

Imagination? It might sound silly but no one can tell you what to think in your head or what you day dream about.

Check your community and see if there is a TG support group... call the LGBT community group and see if there is counselors who work on a sliding scale....find a different job & move out ....

Come up with a plan for independence and follow it.

insideontheouside's suggestion may appear trite, but is incredably effective.

How other precieve you is a matter for them. You live, develop and become the person you are.

When you have more independance, you can beging some physical transformations, of course. These will be all the easier because you will already know yourself.

Incidently, I am a woman. All woman. My body is the way it is, but that is not my fault and I don't apologise for it.