Just for the non-regular readers.

[stacis-leak.livejournal.com]

I got so much response to the last post I made on Transgender that I thought the best way to answer everyone was to post again.

So some points:

1) I am living at home so for now at least it's either have money to transition or spend money on rent. Frankly I think it's worth the friction to get my laser done ahead of time.

2) I have no intention of stopping just from what they've said.

3) I have spoken to the doctor atthe top of the tree (my cardiac consultant) about the estrogen/heart disease thing and he says he wants to be kept informed to see if we can work around it. One big bonus in my favour is that my new consultant (so glad I transferred) had a placement in Charing Cross back when he was a medical noob.

4) I have now decided that if they are going to ignore my needs, I have no qualms about ignoring theirs, and I intend to stop transitioning in a tiny little hole to protect us from the neighbours.

5) My parents aren't religious and despise religion in general because religious tension has broken up families in our area (even our neighbours) which is why their attitude confuses me so much. This fact is my one source of hope they they'll change thier minds.

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[myyahelle.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm new so I thouhgt I'd introduce myself before I made requests for advice. I'm 19, MtF, pre-op and pre-hrt. I'm in college and I live at home. I'm in a relationship with the girl of my dreams and luckly for me she's a lesbian. I haven't come out to my parents yet and the area in which I live isn't exactly what you'd call trans-friendly (they'd nail me to a cross). I'm planning on getting a Ph.D in mathematics, teaching at a university and doing some consultant work on the side. Before I do that however, I'd like to try and start a small information security firm. I'm planning to being my transition within the next 8 months and as such I've a question:

How do I come out to my parents? To give some background: My mother is a highly chirstian Jamaican woman and my father is highly intellegent, over oppionated medical grad from Namibia. I'm planning on either moving out or having provisions set aside just in case they kick me out. They've finally stopped thinking I was gay thanks to my girlfriend and as such they've become... tolarable. Now they were bastards when they suspected I was gay, how on Earth will they react when I tell them I'm trans? I honestly have no idea how to go about telling them, anyone have advice on how to come out to foreign parents?

Another question: as you may know the economic climate is ripe for small business. Many of my friends are either starting their own business or their parents are. Most of the firms are IT in nature and as they say '...it's who you know...'. I have been offered positions in some of these start-up as either a normal employee or as a partner. The thing is all of these friends are highly christian and from the comments they make, they are not t-friendly. What I want to do is start transitioning and just hide it untill I'm gained enough influence from them not to be able to get rid of me without buying out my contract. I'm wondering how sucessful I could be at it if I dressed down and kept my breasts bound around them.

Also, if anyone knows where I can find female Namibian names....

Any comments would be appreciated.