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I know, long time no update, but I've been busy in a good way. I got married; there's been a lot of travel for work and fun (including India!); and there is the chance that we'll be moving (for work) within the next 1-2 years. Sorry, but my wife is more of a priority than posting here.

Nothing new ...

@freddyde: Why wait? You can make small changes incrementally (though in Germany the gatekeeping is very strict for most medical interventions--I had to DIY a few things). E.g., you can do beard removal, grow your hair out, or play with your gender presentation in bits and pieces (pun intended ...

Update, in no particular order.

Things gender-wise are better than ever. It's like a switch 'flipped' about half a year ago, and my background anxiety levels went down considerably. Yay estrogen!

A proper vagina would be nice, but it's not a top priority.

Boob growth continues. This is also nicer ...

6 mo post name change here.

Honestly, there isn't really much new to report. For once in my life, things seem to be going well. All of the transphobic abuse at work? Never happened. Being beaten up on the street? Nope. In fact, people seem to respond better to me now, for the most part. It's THAT ...

Quick update here.

I've now been full-time for close to 3 months. Very little has happened of note. When people think of trans things, they think of something sensational. For me it's mostly going to work, doing my shopping, and dealing with bureaucracy and the occasional residual medical thing.

I ...

The next biennial conference of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health will be held in Bangkok in February of 2014. I haven't decided whether to present yet another paper based on the eunuch community, though I have been asked to do so by the president of the organization ...

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Ugh. We have too much snow here. You can have it. :p

I pretty much knew all along that this would happen at some point :) So do you actually identify as female now, or are you just presenting that way because it is easier? I know in the past you have mentioned not identifying with either gender, so that is why I'm wondering. In any case, I am glad ...

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the time we met in Chicago last Christmas. You've reached this point by your continuing persistence in getting past what, at times I think, seemed like nearly insurmountable
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Gracias ...

A quick note on going full-time.

Within about ten seconds from starting hormones this past June, I began to feel better. The dysphoria--the increasingly horrible attacks of self-hatred, of wanting to jump out from my body, or of my body wanting to jump out from me--vanished. I often had dreams ...

And, I'm full-time now as a woman. That was easy.

Castrated Years/Months: Coming up on 4 years this winter.

Method: A combination of my own "will not say here", plus surgical castration, plus (quasi) surgical gender reassignment.

Age(be honest): 35, castrated/operated upon at 30-31.

HRT:- Yes.

HRT Type/Dosage: Estradiol, at a full transition ...

Hi all,

Letting you know I'm still around. I'm coming up on the 4 month anniversary of hormones. At this point I don't pass as either major gender in any systematic kind of way. It's been nice to sort of sit back and let this happen. Going forward, I'm sort of scrambling to improve my clothes and ...

Welcome back.

Psychs and endos can be a bit tough when dealing with genders outside of the binary. This can be pretty rough since there are a set of health issues that needs to be addressed--bones, mental health, social issues, access to alternative hormone treatments, among other things.

We're ...

Yep. I'm at a point where people don't recognize me in girl mode, despite my having gong out with these same people in girl mode 3 weeks ago. I get far more weird looks in guy mode than in girl mode. Now to somehow miraculously work on my voice, which is stuck at 'construction worker'.

Other than ...

Hi y'all,

So I've boyfailed twice this week. And I suddenly have A cups and my face is already much fuller. Seriously. (I have witnesses as to the latter.)

Yesterday a group of guys walked past me on the street. I was in full-on guy mode. One of them said to the others, "That's a guy." The others ...

E-Day plus 6.

Nothing really new to report. My initial impressions were confirmed--I LOVE estrogen. My mood is a lot more balanced. These patches start to act funny after a few days though.

It feels like the good parts of the 'old me' (sense of adventure, sense of humor, energy) are back but not ...

E-Day+1

graylayer02 (imported) wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:49 pm My thermal regulation improved within hours. I'm no longer sweating all the time, and cool weather feels cool.

Whoah, hot flashes. I take that comment back.

My clothes smell like girl after that though, which is nice.

E-Day+1

There are already some effects to report. Not like, "I've got size D breasts" or anything nutso. But the psychological effects have already begun to kick in.

Within about a minute of slapping the patch on, my sense of taste and smell changed.

Food tastes different (not bad), and my ...

Being new on this forum, let me apologize immediately if I sounded condescending. It wasn't meant that way at all.

I just wanted to ask if anyone knew alternatives better suited to non-transgenders, that's all.



Well, I'd be willing to bet that someone interested in bottom surgery might be ...

By the way, the way that I was able to get hormones did have in some way to do with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. It led me to a trans group here who knows a set of less-known (but perfectly legal) channels, so that I don't have to go through the Gender Horror Center.

I can finally be ...

There. After 14 months of trying, I'm finally on hormones. I did NOT crash my bike on the way to the endo's or have any some such thing in my way. Today has actually gone quite smoothly.

(Now I know what you're all thinking. It's been, like, 15 minutes. Do I already have breasts or 'pass' better or ...

"Lying" is a bit strong, and quite a rude accusation it's an uncalled for disparaging remark.



This is actually a problem with the whole gatekeeping mentality encouraged by the psychiatric and legal systems. It definitely encourages fanciful stories tailored to fit a checklist, rather than ...

Well, it's been almost two months. Just a quick check-in here.

Relative to two months ago, not much has changed. Been buried in work, stress, and travel, and I'm still grinding through the bureaucracy to get hormones. If there were a black market here, I would have turned to that a year ago. I'm ...

Hi everyone, it's been about a month and a half.

I think that this thing has turned into a transition. I've begun going out on weekends in 'girl mode', and I've been building up that presentation, though it will still take a while before I'm even remotely 'passable'. I'm six feet tall; my facial ...