Poll - Were you full time prior to HRT?

Domitia · January 24, 2011, 09:52:43 PM

For simplicity, here's a quick definition of how to apply "full time" for the poll:
* - Being dressed as your target gender either for the majority of your day (and in public), or all day.
- Desiring to be referenced as your target gender by those around you

For the most part I'm just curious; but it will also help me make some decisions.

Feel free to discuss the poll if you wish. If you just want to vote, that's fine too

juliekins · January 24, 2011, 10:30:24 PM

You may want to expand your poll choices. I was not full time for 5 years after starting hormones. Many of us who transition later in life need time to sort out our personal lives and commitments.

Also, HRT works more slowly the older you are, at least generally so. I was on a low/slow dose of hormones for 3 years before stepping up my dosages.

Janet_Girl · January 24, 2011, 10:36:12 PM

I was 5 months into HRT when I went full time. I knew I would be full time when I began. I went full time right after I changed my name. I am glad that I did the way I did, because I would never have made it to full time. I would have been in the ground by now.

Domitia · January 24, 2011, 10:53:53 PM

Quote from: juliekins on January 24, 2011, 10:30:24 PM
You may want to expand your poll choices. I was not full time for 5 years after starting hormones. Many of us who transition later in life need time to sort out our personal lives and commitments.

Also, HRT works more slowly the older you are, at least generally so. I was on a low/slow dose of hormones for 3 years before stepping up my dosages.

Fair enough. Initially I was more interesting in how frequent it was to start before (and when). However, to keep things fair for those who started after, I have duplicated the options for prior and after.

As a result, the poll has been reset.

Thanks for the responses

LordKAT · January 25, 2011, 01:43:01 AM

Full time way more than a year before HRT.

Heath · January 25, 2011, 02:12:20 AM

Quote from: LordKAT on January 25, 2011, 01:43:01 AM
Full time way more than a year before HRT.

This would have to be my answer as well. I was going full time 5 years and am now starting HRT.

MeghanAndrews · February 08, 2011, 11:09:19 PM

I started hrt 9/07 and went full time 8/08 after ffs and name change. It worked out just right for me

Britney_413 · February 16, 2011, 01:53:47 AM

Everyone kind of has their order of things I guess. First I started the therapy, then the laser hair removal. That 1st session of laser set the ball rolling for passing in public so I went full time shortly after. Then I started HRT 2 months later, and got my name changed a few weeks after that. I've been lazy about updating my blog so sorry about the spoilers.

JustAnotherDreamer · February 16, 2011, 08:50:04 PM

Yes -
I was full time for almost 2 years before starting HRT

umop ap!sdn · February 16, 2011, 11:24:18 PM

No - I didn't think I would pass. After starting HRT, people started more and more referring to me in the feminine, and after 7 months had gone by, going full time was an overdue decision.

Princess Rachel · February 18, 2011, 02:18:17 PM

no, came out to parents & family, I went to speech therapy first (NHS) and started laser hair treatment (private), change my name and all my details then start living full time and I'm hoping to start taking drugs soon (NHS, although I will pay for my prescriptions if I do get the booby pills so it's not like they're actually free but I work full time so I should pay imo)

E · February 19, 2011, 09:34:48 AM

That really depends on what you mean by "full time". I always dress pretty much the way I intend to after transition (with the exception of underwear, and I intend to wear less baggy clothing once I'm more comfortable with my body), but that style is pretty androgynous, and while I do want to be gendered female, I do not intend to insist on it in public, and with my family I've already tried and had them refuse.

So you could say I'm "full time", if by "full time" you mean "dressing and acting the way I intend to after transition". Or you could say I'm not even part time, since I'm not going out of my way to be gendered female.

PoisonParadise · February 19, 2011, 09:42:00 AM

I went full time when I was 14 and changed my school. It was 1 year before HRT (kind of.. real life test blah)

CynthiaAnn · March 22, 2019, 04:53:35 PM

I started living full time at 1 year 11 months of HRT (6/2013), it was time...

C -

Margrit · March 26, 2019, 04:52:50 PM

Yes - I went full time over a year before having HRT

News:

Poll - Were you full time prior to HRT?

Were you full time prior to HRT? How long prior or after?

Domitia

juliekins

Janet_Girl

Domitia

LordKAT

Heath

MeghanAndrews

Britney_413

JustAnotherDreamer

umop ap!sdn

Princess Rachel

E

PoisonParadise

CynthiaAnn

Margrit