I came out to my physics teacher as transgender, and he’s now using my preferred name and pronouns for me! He’s the first person at school to gender me correctly and I appreciate it
I've got a few started dabbling in make up, going out in my wig as well as my new dress and I just got an email confirming I will be able to start hrt in roughly a month. My emotions are all over the place but I'm working on my mental health and the little victories along the way help a lot.
That's not a small victory, that's a MASSIVE victory, Sammy! How did you do it so quickly? For those not au fait with the broken UK trans healthcare system, it currently takes around 4-5 years to get to be seen by a GIC (Gender Identity Clinic) and thus get onto hormones if you go via the free public healthcare system, the NHS. The majority of UK trans people now go private. But even with the private providers there are waiting lists. I had to wait six months before I was able to get my first appointment so I could get the diagnosis of gender dysphoria that is a pre-requisite to obtaining HRT. So your news sounds amazing, and of course, really good! Beth x
Gender GP. I know most GPs don't like them and the sign up fee alone was like £200 but I gave up smoking weed when I stopped being so depressed so I just put the money towards that and got a lot of stuff like make up and clothes on clearance sales, charity shops and thrift stores. My wig was around £30 I also opted for the bare minimum and went to charities for mental health help instead of going through them which would have been more expensive. I live in the South West so wait times for clinics are even worse down here I wasn't going to wait another decade just to be diagnosed. I guess it was this or DIY which I didn't feel comfortable with. Thanks though, I guess I just saw it as steps I took to get to this point, like taking HRT will be the big one. ahaha.
I've been asked to help with a series of training videos for work about transgender topics. I'm pretty excited to see what we can work together to come up with!
Ok, here we go. Hi, everybody. My small victory is that I found this beautiful forum full of transition advice and support. Hi, I am new here and you are looking at my profile name which is the first time I am using my female name and pronouns. Thats big news for me. I also have full acceptance of myself after discovering the nature of my trans identity last autumn. And it was a shock. I am sure I will feel weird, sad and confused again sometimes about, but I fully accept my journey for what it is now. Self love and nurturing inner child is important, new friends. I have also shifted to female underwear and are looking into female styles and make up. I am crunchy though, so it will take time to find chemical free makeup and all natural fiber clothes. But that is small potatoes compared to that above. Great read to see all your good news. Love to be here. I am alone in my transness for now, so would love some new friends here. I find mtf and ftm equally beautiful and fascinating. Also any other form of gender identity. Much love from Barcelona!
I got a short haircut and I wore masculine clothing. Everyone I met today on the street considered me male. I also went to the men’s loo for the first time. I was terrified to go there at first but nobody seemed to view as a girl. It gave me so much euphoria as I hadn’t expected it to that successful today, I don’t pass at male at all in daily life, especially at school(my parents are probably gonna be angry, they think I am way too masculine,they want me to be a girl)
Update: my dad just came into my room, and he did not find out that I had a haircut at all. Which…was unexpected, of course.
I am slowly morphing into the guy I've always thought of myself as and I love it. I have the urge to post pics of myself on social media. Not as a transition update or anything like that, but as a statement for myself that yeah, I want people to see me as the man that I'm becoming. I'm so happy I decided to start hrt.
I was able to post here about my relationship issues in more detail today. Which is a big thing for me. If anyone out there is struggling in a relationship in some way and is afraid to post because it feels like a betrayal of your partner's trust - it's not. As long as everything is kept anonymous and you are genuinely trying to find healthy ways forward without bias, then you're doing nothing wrong.
I hope you've had some useful input. I know when I've posted here in the past, there's always been something that somebody said that I hadn't considered before, and it's made me re-think things.
I was just communicating with someone I did not know on the phone and I got called ‘sir’ because of my natural deep voice…My hair is also short because I cut it myself(in secret) so strangers often see me as a boy.
