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Might as well introduce myself :v I'm an 18 year old bi Transgirl from Vancouver. Started posting in this thread maybe two months ago? I realized I was trans over this summer and it definitely explained a lot of issues I had when I was in elementary/highschool. I've been going to therapy for two months now at my university. My therapist is very kind and supportive and she's worked with other trans people before, she just gave me the name of a sympathetic doctor in my university clinic so I'll probably be sorting out how to get medication over the next few months. I'm out to my close friends and S/O, as well as my parents. I feel like I need to come out to my brother before I can start going part-time but god drat the prospect terrifies me far more than I should @_@. Edit: forgot to put my name, it's Adelaide, but I go by Addie as well ^^
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| # ¿ Nov 7, 2011 19:53 |
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| # ¿ May 22, 2013 16:30 |
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I just found out that my campus LGBT society is putting on a Transgendered remembrance week to raise awareness of transphobic violence, I'll be really interested on checking things out and seeing if they have any cool programs or panels that I can sit in on. Also I'm going to make an appointment with my university health clinic's gender specialized doctor so we can start talking about what we have to do to get me HRT, so I'm pretty happy at the moment.
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| # ¿ Nov 10, 2011 19:39 |
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A little bit of holiday joy: I came out to both my older siblings and they were totally supportive and loving, if not a little confused. I think it was the first time my brother has shown physical affection to me since I was in elementary school. Now I just have to come out to the rest of my extended family (that can wait a little). But I'm going to go part time at home and uni in the spring in anticipation of getting hormones late spring/early summer.
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| # ¿ Dec 24, 2011 05:44 |
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Three days ago I went part-time, presenting as female everywhere except at work. In the past three days I've been sexually harassed more than I ever had in my 19 years. You never really notice your privilege until you give it up do you? On a more upbeat note my best friend and I went makeup shopping today and she gave me a tutorial on putting it on. First time I've ever actually though I looked pretty  it was a good day.Watermelon Daiquiri posted:So I'm returning to school for the first time in over a year, and I'm full time. I haven't had the name change yet, so I'm a bit apprehensive about attendance. What's the protocol for this? Should I go up to the teacher before class and talk it over with them? What if the teacher is late, and I don't get that chance to correct the roll? 
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| # ¿ Jan 9, 2012 04:13 |
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So quick question: I recently got recommended a doctor at my Uni who had treated trans patients before, she told me to stay away from weed while I'm on hormones because I generally don't want to gently caress with my brain chemistry any more than I already am. Is this a serious restriction or just a general "doctors tell you not to do drugs ever" thing? I'm not particularly torn up about it but I will miss chill out//get baked fridays with my mates. Also she wants me to do 3 months of RLE before she prescribes my hormones, I've already done one month (love it) but it can be nerve-wracking. I feel like the hormones would help my confidence, do the 3 months really serve any purpose? How should I approach her about it?
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| # ¿ Jan 24, 2012 06:30 |
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Thanks everyone. That's pretty much what I expected but I wanted to get some other opinions aswell. I will say I'm extremely lucky in my RLE in that I look very feminine already so with a good shave and a bit of make up I'm... almost passable. I'm still gonna talk to my doctor and try to cut it short though, the sooner I start the better.Goatface Killa posted:To avoid just camwhoring, I'll ask the thread-- do you want to see a couple pictures of my chest?
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| # ¿ Jan 24, 2012 21:02 |
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drat Goatface, you look awesome, I'm amazed by how fast the recovery has been too. I'm happy for you!
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| # ¿ Jan 25, 2012 00:58 |
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gently caress the Harper government forever, why does he have to ruin my country?
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| # ¿ Jan 31, 2012 03:34 |
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Just got back from my doctor, she decided to backpedal on the full three months of RLE and gave me the go ahead for about a million lab tests. Once I finish those I can go in next week and get my spiro 'scrip  Assuming everything goes well I'll have my estrogen by the end of the month!
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| # ¿ Feb 7, 2012 00:11 |
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Teabiscuit posted:Not to be a bummer or anything but anyone else had the experience where initially your parents seem very supportive, but then as things start to set in you realize while they still love you they try their hardest not to accept you. Yeah my mom was totally cool and supportive but freaked out over the thought of me starting hormones within a month or so. She since got better, you just have to be prepared for them to go off the deep end for a little while. gobbledygoat fucked around with this message at Mar 4, 2012 around 20:51 |
| # ¿ Mar 4, 2012 20:39 |
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Tweek posted:It wasn't bad at all save for the three seconds it took to actually hit the send button. I get this everytime I come out to a new person, and it's definitely my least favorite part, it feels like my guts have suddenly fallen out haha So in exciting news I got my prescription for Estrogen this week. It's a hell of a lot easier to face each day now, because I'm just so excited to take my pills
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| # ¿ Mar 8, 2012 22:02 |
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Gorean BBQ posted:trannies Don't do this, there are many people who are uncomfortable with that word, and since this thread is about respecting and supporting the transgendered community it has no place here. Edit: I also don't agree with how the thread treated Tweek, she's a little odd, and so are her opinions. But ignorance and oddity aren't worth chasing her out of the thread for. Edit2: I have to admit though, her track record is pretty bad. gobbledygoat fucked around with this message at Mar 16, 2012 around 01:53 |
| # ¿ Mar 16, 2012 01:46 |
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Best Giraffe posted:Though I do giggle every time I have to buy a monthly TransPass. I thought I was the one one who did this So I guess it's been two (or three? The days blur) months since my girlfriend broke up with me, and since I dropped out of university. I have no idea what I'm doing anymore. My friends are all busy with school, and anxiety problems make it hard to go out. I fall in and out of depression, it's getting harder and harder to maintain my appearance, which means I'm constantly disphoric (I don't even know if that's a word). I'm scared. I'm scared that no one will ever want to be with me. Is this a common thought process? I just want to meet people but I'm too anxious over my voice and body, I just started hormones and I'm just... waiting for something to happen. I hate just waiting. Maybe the summer will be better.
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| # ¿ Mar 17, 2012 07:32 |
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Faldoncow posted:I guess I should introduce myself to the thread, although I'm honestly making this post as much for myself as anything, to have a record for myself of admitting I'm transsexual. Although I've 'known' for quite awhile, it's only recently that I've admitted to myself that I'm a MTF. Like everyone else probably is or was, I'm absurdly nervous about the future, but excited too. Where in BC do you live? I'm in Vancouver and while I've been getting most of my care through my university, I've heard excellent things about Three Bridges Community Health Center, which trained my doctor in Trans-issues. They should be able to help you find a counsellor (therapy is awesome). Even if you're not in Vancouver, I recommend checking out Vancouver Coastal Health Transgender Health. It was super helpful for me and has quite a bit of information, most of it relavent to B.C.
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| # ¿ Mar 22, 2012 06:58 |
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Ugh, I hate being reminded that even my mostly leftist progressive city has a dark underbelly
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| # ¿ Mar 26, 2012 04:47 |
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Plom Bar posted:I'd get mad about but I'm worried that if I stand up too quickly I'll knock over my 2 litre bottle of Mountain Dew Code Red and spill it all over my size 7 panties. Careful, don't want to ruin your mothers underwear! It looks like someone is mad they're not allowed to call people trannies anymore.
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| # ¿ Mar 27, 2012 19:24 |
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So can we talk about sublingual absorption? I know that estradiol-17 beta is absorbed faster and more efficiently sublingually, but that it has a steeper drop off of estrogen levels with time. So in the long run, is oral or sublingual more efficient overall?
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| # ¿ Mar 29, 2012 20:12 |
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So The Transgendered woman who was barred from the Miss Universe: Canada pageant may be let into the competition (I think she has been but I'm not seeing a more recent article) But holy poo poo, the comments are bad I expected better from my country, I guess articles like these really bring the worst out of the woodworks I love how according to these people CBC is "leftist propaganda" for talking about "gay and transgendered issues, oh and that women's rights stuff" 
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| # ¿ Apr 4, 2012 05:38 |
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Menadena posted:Maybe, maybe not. I relayed the info to another board that GLAAD had got them to reverse their decision then I was pointed to this article: Yeah I've read that she's allowed in a few local (Vancouver) newspapers now. Since they agreed to let her in if she's a woman under Canadian law, once she showed them her passport and drivers license they decided to allow her.
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| # ¿ Apr 5, 2012 05:03 |
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Going to a big family get together over the easter weekend. I'm nervous as hell and totally excited, meeting most of them for the first time as a woman  Most of them are cool so I'm not too worried but drat I still have butterflies in my stomach.
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| # ¿ Apr 6, 2012 14:24 |
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stegoceras posted:Good luck girl! I am totally excited for you. Thanks! I didn't even realize you posted in this thread anymore! I barely look at usernames so I just passed you by @_@ gobbledygoat fucked around with this message at Apr 6, 2012 around 20:22 |
| # ¿ Apr 6, 2012 20:20 |
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It probably isn't the hormones, just your brain. I know that after starting pills I went from almost unable to function to excited for every new day, taking my pills is still something I look forwards to. Speaking of, it's been a little over a month, and I think I can finally start to feel some changes! I'm pretty excited but am trying to downplay it as mostly placebo, don't want to hype myself up too much. Oh and an update for how my family gathering went: met most of my extended family for the first time since coming out (30+ people) and had a great time, everyone was cool! My family is awesome
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| # ¿ Apr 12, 2012 09:51 |
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LemonLimeTime posted:I don't know if I'm quite that excited to the point where I'm giddy to take my meds, but I sure as hell haven't forgotten once to take them, which is a first for me. I'm pretty easily excited! As for dreams, mine have much more focus on geography and setting, people only show up for bad dreams
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| # ¿ Apr 13, 2012 07:20 |
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Salaminizer posted:Just really my grandpa left for the family I'm not so sure about. While he's almost a stereotype of the Alberta redneck, he's also surprisingly progressive about a lot of things, and actually voted for the aforementioned "queer muslim" (assuming I know who you're talking about). I was really worried about coming out to my Grampa too, he's a pretty traditional meat and potatoes, men doing the hard labour kinda guy. But he was incredibly cute when he found out, doing a bunch of research by himself to help understand and trying to be as supportive as possible! I think the rest of my family kinda broke him in to being accepting though, we're not exactly normal people
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| # ¿ May 13, 2012 17:07 |
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I combined everything: left a passive aggressive note, and when she asked about it I broke into sobs and managed to croak it out. Then she didn't really know what I was talking about so I spent 20 minutes clinging to her, crying my eyes out, and explaining what gender identity is. I'm not very good at this.
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| # ¿ May 16, 2012 16:32 |
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Haha eat it, Trans supremacy.
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| # ¿ Jun 6, 2012 08:28 |
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quiggy posted:Wait, my penis is supposed to completely disappear? I think I've been doing this hormones thing all wrong! I have it on best assurance that it'll slowly get sucked back into your body and invert into a vagina, trust me I'm an expert in 9 inch cocksahghgh  I love you SizeMatters, I just want you to know that.
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| # ¿ Jun 6, 2012 17:08 |
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Does anyone have any recommendations for epilators? I'm tired or massacring my legs everytime I shave them. Also can they be used on the face (ow) at all? It'd be nice to get rid of the stubble shadow for a little while.
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| # ¿ Jun 12, 2012 06:52 |
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My doctor was super awesome about sperm banking. She just asked if I wanted it as an option andwhen I said no, just replied "Okay, even young people can know they won't have kids" My doctor is cool as hell
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| # ¿ Jun 26, 2012 04:34 |
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I love how hard this thread blows up with a little drama.Portland enjoyable human being posted:Hey all, FYAD poster here. Teabiscuit is not fyad and in fact is a bad poster, judging from the ones in this thread! Thanks all Why do you keep making posts I enjoy? Stop it man it's weird.
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| # ¿ Jun 27, 2012 17:34 |
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Remember that just because you're trans you don't have to fit into any particular traditional gender role to be a woman. I agonized over if I was actually trans or if I was genderqueer or just feminine because I dress like a butch lesbian and love girls. Then I realized of course I'm a woman, I'm just a mega-dyke. Trans lesbians unite.
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| # ¿ Jun 29, 2012 22:24 |
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e: idunnoman
gobbledygoat fucked around with this message at Aug 3, 2012 around 23:15 |
| # ¿ Aug 2, 2012 18:09 |
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That was quite the crazy train. I'm going back to school in full-time this fall, I'm excited but very nervous. I'm much more confident in my image and identity these days, and I'm almost ready to come out at work. I'm six months on HRT at a relatively low dose (I have a tiny body) and things are going grand. I'm happy for you Dessert Rose, SRS is something I've considered but I'm not really sure if it'll be for me, but I'm definitely motivated to go get laser done on my face, not having to wear makeup would rock.
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| # ¿ Aug 20, 2012 22:44 |
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Came out to my boss today, it went really well and she was awesome about it. It was a very spur of the moment decision, but I figured I didn't want to live a double life anymore, especially if I was going to school as a woman then immediately going to work as a man (I tried this once, it almost killed me) So we're working together on what can be changed without a legal name change and what can't, and how to come out to the rest of the staff and all that jazz. It's been a interesting experience. loving terrifying to tell her though!
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| # ¿ Aug 30, 2012 05:42 |
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Butt Soup Barnes posted:Am I right in thinking that Abby is just too childish of a nickname for Abigail? I've been thinking a lot about this lately, and I think I want to start going by Gail. This shouldn't be too difficult since I'm not presenting even partially yet, so nobody's really calling me Abby. I go by Addy and it is both awesome and sweet, so obviously Abby is also a cool name for cool people.
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| # ¿ Sep 13, 2012 02:04 |
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TehKeen posted:So I had no idea that there was a Trans thread on S/A, but in hindsight it isn't really surprising. That's pretty normal for a starting dose, E is pretty powerful, and I'm pretty sure can be dependent on your weigh too, I'm under 18 BMI so I probably won't go higher than 2mg/day. Spiro will ramp up but you just need to have blood work ever increase, to make sure your potassium levels don't gently caress up. I'm on month 7 with 2 mg/day E and 150 mg/day spiro, a low dose but it makes sense for my body mass.
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| # ¿ Sep 15, 2012 05:52 |
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So I'm living fulltime now, it's a bizarre and liberating experience! Coming out is just so much easier than it used to be, and now I just usually tell people when I first meet them. I really don't have a problem with being seen as a trans person, I'm pretty proud of who I am: an androgynous butch trans dyke. I figure I've already hosed with gender roles enough that I'm not going to let myself get bogged down by what people think a woman or trans woman should be. I can find my own way thank you very much. My only real concern at the moment (other than dating, but I'm not up to that at the moment) is that E has really started to give me mood swings, it's loving exhausting and a little bit terrifying as well. I can swing from perfectly fine to suicidally depressed in about an hour, then cry for 20 minutes and be perfectly fine. I'm not used to this poo poo @_@ does it ever calm down? e: teabiscuit I miss your cat avatar. hosed up rude beast in rainbow letters was always hilarious to me for some reason. gobbledygoat fucked around with this message at Sep 16, 2012 around 05:37 |
| # ¿ Sep 16, 2012 05:34 |
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It's been a while since I've seen it, but I think Shes's a Boy I Knew was pretty good for that sort of thing. It's an indie doc done by a Vancouver Trans Woman about her family and their struggles coming to terms with her transition. There might be a little bit of the surgery stuff, but it's not the focus. The problem is that it's not mainstream at all.
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| # ¿ Sep 26, 2012 15:18 |
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Showcase SHODAN posted:Whoa, way to misgender like a good portion of the thread. Mad disrespectful. Yeah gently caress the English language.
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| # ¿ May 22, 2013 16:30 |
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I just shop in thrift stores cause I'm poor. Proven fact that other poor people don't give a poo poo about what you're doing.
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