Small Victories

My Mom is buying me girls clothes, and considering helping me get Hormone Therapy.

 

I passed for the first time today

 

I got my first bra!

 

This is kind of a big victory, but I went to the GIC with my parents today and found out that, if nothing changes, I can be referred to an endocrinologist for blockers at my appointment in January!!!!!!! I'm literally the happiest I've ever been in my life right now!! (!!)

 

I'm going to see my guidance counselor in school, I've known her since freshman year and perhaps she can help me. <3

 

I went to see my GP about me being transgender. That itself wasn't particularly pleasant, but he gave me the details for my new therapist and said that while they help me with my issues they'll probably refer me to a specialist for gender. Which is what I've been trying to get, so yay!

 

Congrats! That's one step closer to being on T, bro. I hope things go smoothly (and progress quickly) for you.

 

That's amazing! So happy for you!

And everyone else on this page... Reading your victories is very uplifting.

 

i saw my counselor for the last visit the other day, the funding ran out for my employee assistance program. she is trying to get me in with the publicly subsidized program and she's going to see if i can get into see a gender specialist sooner. she told me i've come so far in the past 6 months that i've been seeing her.

on a related note; my son was at his moms last weekend and i got all dressed up at home on saturday night and just at dark i went out on my back deck and walked around in my dress, wig, and heels. it might sound like not much seeing as its the back deck but it is in view of the neighbours on both sides and there was a light on over the deck so anyone who was looking could have seen me. i felt so brave, this was the first time ive been out of the door with anything femine on, let alone all done up.

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we also discussed, how much my femine side has grown, and if i transition how far i would want to go, just physical changes vs. hormones, just top surgery vs. both top and bottom. what to do with hair, adding and removing, teeth etc. it was a great visit and im going to miss seeing her and getting her feedback and reassurance that im not going off the rails so to speak.

 

Thanks! I legitimately cried when I found out because I was so happy

 

Got my first binder yesterday! (half length from gc2b) feels great!

 

I have a gender therapist appointment next Thursday

 

Yesterday I shopped in the mens' section for the first time. My mother felt so nervous and tried to pull me out of there but I took my sweet time. Ha!

 

Today I wore a bra for the entirety of it. Family either didn't say anything or didn't notice. But I was confident out and about, buying some [girls] clothes, including more bras. Before I would have been too shy to walk around the sale sections, but I knew what I was looking for and where to find it, so I didn't get odd looks. And then I went to one of my favourite shops and explained my situation, the lady said she'd do her best to call me Nicole and use the right pronouns ^^

 

congrats Nicole

 

The first week of wearing my new prosthetic is almost over and I think I'm already starting to notice a difference. I'm able to wear it a lot more naturally than some of the other packing methods I've tried (including a softie packer like a Masho). I have to wear the harness but it's a lot more natural and it makes a huge difference. Haven't gotten misgendered yet.

My mother seems to be coming around too, especially on Facebook. She's never used my birth name and she openly tags me under my new account...which is a big difference from a year ago.

 

Recently found some old men's graphic t's my family had packed in the shed.

Feel a lot more content in such clothes.