on the transition
Jan. 20th, 2006 05:26 pmThis was originally a lengthy comment I left on a recent entry in someone else's LJ.
I know there's a number of MtFs reading my journal because I'm MtF, and talk openly about it now and then. Someday I still need to get around to hunting down all my old transition posts, making sure people are okay with their comments being visible, and make them public; I know that when I was considering transition, I eagerly devoured stories of people who'd done it, or who were doing it. Because I wanted to find something in one that would say I could do it too.
So I'm taking this from where it's visible to about a dozen people, and putting it where anyone can see it. Because it's a recap of a lot of what kept me from transitioning, and what decisions I had to make to do it. Keep in mind that the 'you' it's addressed to is someone who is currently male and poking at their gender issues; if this doesn't describe you, don't consider 'you' to mean, well, you! (It's probably semi-applicable if you're a potential FtM, but Idon't believe I have any of those reading my LJ regularly at the moment completely blanked on a couple people I know damn well are transitioning, or considering it, when I wrote that sentence. *smack self*)
( Long. )
Oh, PS: if you're having trans thoughts, tsroadmap.com is a good site to have in your bookmarks. It's gotten more political since I first ran across it, but it's still full of a lot of sensible talk. It's mostly from a MtF perspective, but some things are common to both directions, and you might find some good FtM links in something they link to.
I know there's a number of MtFs reading my journal because I'm MtF, and talk openly about it now and then. Someday I still need to get around to hunting down all my old transition posts, making sure people are okay with their comments being visible, and make them public; I know that when I was considering transition, I eagerly devoured stories of people who'd done it, or who were doing it. Because I wanted to find something in one that would say I could do it too.
So I'm taking this from where it's visible to about a dozen people, and putting it where anyone can see it. Because it's a recap of a lot of what kept me from transitioning, and what decisions I had to make to do it. Keep in mind that the 'you' it's addressed to is someone who is currently male and poking at their gender issues; if this doesn't describe you, don't consider 'you' to mean, well, you! (It's probably semi-applicable if you're a potential FtM, but I
( Long. )
Oh, PS: if you're having trans thoughts, tsroadmap.com is a good site to have in your bookmarks. It's gotten more political since I first ran across it, but it's still full of a lot of sensible talk. It's mostly from a MtF perspective, but some things are common to both directions, and you might find some good FtM links in something they link to.