(no subject)

[ottermama.livejournal.com]

It's frustrating... all of my partners have said I'm a very gentle and caring person, and carry that on when it comes to lovemaking. I've been told I have extremely feminine mannerisms in that realm, and that it's a side of me that is only hinted at in real life. Despite the jocularity. But it gets me thinking... I'm a stupid sounding fun loving person, and I know I have some overly feminine behaviours and mannerisms and way of speaking. The problems I've been fighting with lately have been more of the integral nature: Do I continue to try to live on both sides of the coin and deal with the frustration, or do I choose that which resembles me most in day to day life?

For the longest time I've tried to entrench myself in the dogma of "I'm intersexed, so therefore I am required to be both male and female in mannerism as well as sex, and it's important that I am and you'd damned well better remember it." But I've been wondering in recent years if this has been too extreme, because I've felt a lot more over that course of time that this is not who I am despite how I've conditioned myself to believe it. And yet... I dunno. Soul searching is difficult when it comes to things like this. It frustrates me fairly easily despite my outwardly willful contradictive behaviour.

I guess I'm asking if any of this sounds familiar for any of you, and if so, how did you deal with it?

Results.

[girlabomination.livejournal.com]

This post will be short and sweet with no weighted language, syntax, or heavy emotions included to offend the masses. :)

Being the analytical Aquarian that I am, upon 'coming out' for the last time I decided that I would keep a photo journal to document my progress in transitioning. The notes aren't as detailed as they could be, however i intend to sort through my private journals to determine exactly what I was doing during each of these phases so I can reveal to people all was happening.

As it is, what I am presenting to the community is a collection of images beginning before I began actively transitioning physically, with dates paired with each new web cam photo set produced. For the first few, I had only been meditating, using subliminal messaging, and visualization. However the last two sets occured after I began using hormones.

In future revisions of this document, I plan to go into specifics of what I was taking, and which meditations I had been performing.

http://home.comcast.net/~faeriefusion/Transform/Evolution.html

I know that many t-folk, especially those who are beginning to look at the prospect of transitioning as a daunting task, want to see how long it takes, and real life examples of progress. In the end, I hope that I will be able to provide that very thing, complete with methodology, and tips for living (and surviving) as healthily as possible.

Be well.
Justine

A question, not a flame - Cure for transsexuality?

[ardynm.livejournal.com]

This is a what if question. I just want to know what people think about it. I'm not promoting the question's outcome, either way.

What if, some time in the near future, Doctors found the reason behind the differential brain bath / body bath of testosterone/estrogen, and found a way to stop it from happening?

Basically, what if doctors found a way to stop transsexuality happening in-vitroutero?

Given no other information, (other effects on the baby, the safety of the procedure, the percentage outcome, etc) How would you feel?

gay marriage: Spain!

[tgjerusalem.livejournal.com]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005300183,00.html

Spain joins Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands!

Actually, I guess Spain beat Canada, since they're going to be allowing gay couples to marry as soon as the law is published in the official government registry, in about two weeks. Canada won't be recognizing them until at least late July.

Body image question

[woofiegrrl.livejournal.com]

Hi everybody - I hope you'll forgive me poking my nose in here. I have a whole bunch of trans friends in my life and online, but I'm way too shy to ask this question of them. I'm only aware of one person in this community who knows me, though, so I thought it might be okay to ask it here. (At least I hope!) Primarily I'm looking for responses from pre-op and non-op people of any gender, but post-op thoughts about your life before SRS are welcome too.
( it's about genitals )

trans people in china

[littleboy716.livejournal.com]

this may be a bit of a stretch, but are there any trans people here currently living in china or who have lived in china in the past? i could really use some advice on how to deal with certain aspects of being trans in china. thanks.
kelly

An Ode To Laser...

[dale62676.livejournal.com]

Laser technician,
zap my face.
The gooey gel goes on,
covering me in a paste.
'Don't worry,
we'll start low'
(she says)
and in a fury,
the red light and heat...
deliver its blow.
Ouch! like a finger snap,
or an elastic band flip.
Smarting and sore,
(she says)
'Just wait till we
do the upper lip!'
And so out I go,
ice packs in hand.
This is what it takes,
(I muse)
to get to the promised land!

Speakers Bureau Training

[boigrrl1der.livejournal.com]

TransGender Michigan's
Speakers Bureau Training

Sunday, August 7, 2005
9:30 am to 5 pm
Alpena, Michigan

Because of the generosity of the Arcus Foundation through
a grant to expand TransGender Michigan's educational
endeavors, we are immediately in need of additional
Speakers Bureau volunteers to educate about
transgender identity and issues related to the
transgender community.

Interested?
Contact CJ Tune-Copeland, Speakers Bureau Coordinator,
at cjtunecopeland@comcast.net or 810-397-0909

TransGender Michigan is committed to representing the diversity in
our community; therefore, people of color, people with disabilities,
FTMs, genderqueer individuals, crossdressers, significant others,
friends, family members and allies (SOFFAs) are especially
encouraged to be involved.


www.transgendermichigan.org

Warning: This is a Rant. Warning: Contains Language

[dashingdeviant.livejournal.com]

crossposted to genderqueer, m2q, postqueer, and transgender

Yes, this is a rant. Yes, it touches on gender. Yes, I'm going to say some not particularly nice things about portions of the "trans-community". If you're my friend (i.e. I talk to you on a regular basis) none of this is directed at you. I love you guys, gals, and non-gendered/other-gendered/bi-gendered people, and you've been wonderfully supportive, and cherished, loved, and accepted me and my uniqueness before I could fully.

( rant behind cut )