A dumb question

[venusarani.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone,

I've got a really inane question I could use some advice on. I'm a m2f who's planning on taking the first serious steps towards transition this summer, and I really need to figure out something to do with my hair ;)

I haven't had it cut in awhile, but it's just pretty much an uneven mess. The longest part is the front at around 6.5" and it's slightly layered towards the back, which is about collar-length (I'm not dexterious enough to measure it!). What I'm trying to do is find some unisex style that keeps the length and looks unassuming in male mode, but can be styled to look good female. I've tried to look for hair style sites, but haven't had any luck, and I have an odd phobia of going to get my hair cut...if I have a good idea of what I want going in, it won't be so bad. Any tips/links/suggestions/whatever are highly appreciated.

I kind of have to switch between genders for now, since I'm teaching classes at school and don't want to deal with a bunch of annoying freshmen while I'm mid transition. Sorry it's a dumb question, and thanks for any help!

feminizing chemicals

[arcticturtle.livejournal.com]

So there's all this yada yada going on about possible estrogen-mimicking effects of chemicals in the environment and plastic products. Most of the commentary focuses on the idea that they could alter unborn boys to make them less masculine.

Is anybody else somewhere between bemused and annoyed that all the commentary acts as if this would be a self-evidently terrifying and disastrous thing?

C'mon, really. It's not as if our species were on the verge of vanishing, and even if it were, the sperm from a dozen men could be stretched to impregnate all the women who could possibly want it. And is masculinity - physical and psychological - in boys really such a desperately important thing? Is our society really troubled by a shortage of chest hair, or a declining interest in professional wrestling?

I mean, I'm all for environmental preservation. And I do worry about the reproductive danger to other species. And, I suppose, if enlisting people's gender anxieties is what it takes to get them to pay attention to the environment, fine. But it just seems a little... insulting. I mean, you don't see people saying, "Save our ozone layer, keep our whites white".

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[eastyn.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I'm being sucha post whore, and taking up all your time.

thank you to all of you who've been kind enough to offer your words and advice.

So.. with a lot of sucking it up, I've decided to make an appointment with my gyno and get a test and all that jazz for lackag of the period.


What is my doctor going to do to me for my exam? I'm terrified of the thought of having anything.. inserted. Being a full virgin and everything.. I just hate that area with everything I am and I'm deathly scared of what's going to happen.

What's the process of a gyno exam? What will he do? What will I have to do?

Any reassurance would be great. Because this is just totally denouncing my manhood as it is, and I'm so nervous and scared and paranoid about it all. I do not ever want to be touched there. Only by myself and that's only to wash in the shower in the dark. I refuse to look at my naked body, hence the dark showers.


I'm sorry for bothering you all. I'm just an extremely wary and nervous transboy, who's going to have his first gyno appointment.


-Eastyn