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I can sympathise with having debt/financial issues, it's a pain especially when you are also trying to make important personal changes. As if changing gender isn't enough to keep you occupied...

Good luck with the estrogen. I hope your breasts sprout as quickly as mine have. If I wear a t-shirt it ...

Good luck for your surgery. I hope it goes really well. I'm looking forward to the time when I have GRS surgery, but that's still a long time away for me.

I'm giving up smoking too - today I saw my doctor and got two weeks worth of nicotine patches, as well as some gum. I hope it works.

Well it's after the 25th of April - I wonder if he went through with it? If he did, I hope he's ok.

I think people get too hung up on labels, especially when it comes to sexuality. If you've had fantasies about sucking a guy off, why don't you try it once and see if you like it, rather than worry about what people are going to label you as? You don't have to put yourself into a box.

Congrats It's good to know some of your family are behind you. This must feel really good after your brother in California's response.

The important thing is what you identify as inside. If you've got a male body but feel like you're female (or vice versa) then gender reassignment can help. But yes, you can't chop off a guys genitals and then turn them into a woman and expect them to identify as female.

David Reimer was born a boy ...

I think it's great that your place of work is getting behind your transition. All the best for it.

Male privilege? I'll quite happily give that up

Please be careful. I'd hate it if something bad happened to you.

Some women have lower voices than men but you still react to them as feminine voices - it's all about the way you use your voice (i.e. phrasing) rather than the pitch. You can either find some technique which teaches you how to talk like a women does or listen to other women and try to copy the way ...

I find some christians very odd. You would think if they followed the teachings of Christ (which I think is central to being a Christian) they would love one another and not judge others. But some people have a very narrow point of view of what being a christian is, they tend to condemn people to ...

I'm so disappointed in your brother's reaction. He seems like he's totally wrapped up in his own life that he can't even begin to understand what's going on in yours (or take the time to find out).

I'm so sorry that's happened. Rejection from a family member must hurt. I hope you can deal with it ...

Yay! i'm so glad to hear the results came back as normal.

For those of you that are just starting down this road of transition or have been considering transition, don't let your fear of the unknown hold you back from being the person you really feel you are. Fear will paralyze you. Take the chance and seize the opportunity. If I can do it, you can too ...

Good luck with it. I'll read what's happening with your transition with great interest (as I'll be going down the same road in a few months). May it lead to great happiness

I hope everything will be ok.

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/SRS.html#anchor113643

This site has a section entitled: Sexual Arousal, Lovemaking and Orgasm in Postoperative Transsexual Women - for all those that say trans-women have no sex drive or are asexual would do well to read this part.

I've known several trans ...

Upper management at work is extremely supportive and it's my intention to start presenting as a woman there on Monday, May 19. Someone from HR is working with my therapist to get resources to help this process go as smoothly as possible for everyone.

I have no doubt that I will run across some ...

I spent one night reading this whole thread as well. I hope you still keep posting on this thread Mac as it's become an interesting diary of what's going on in your life. I'm so sorry your mother is so unwell and I've felt so bad when the money has been so tight and unexpected costs keep appearing ...

The problem I've had with the terms "transgender" and "transsexual" is that I've found that some people tend to have their own definitions for each term so if someone uses the word "transgender" to me I sometimes have to ask them what do you mean by that?

I remember when I first began dealing with ...

I would want to think this through if I were you. Have you ever considered having therapy? Your desire to want to see your testicles mashed to a pulp with you watching it raises some alarm bells for me. It does sound a lot like a fantasy to me. Fantasy and reality are two different things and if you ...