oh, introductions are always awkward.

[bird-gehrl.livejournal.com]

hello, i'm new to the community. i've just started this journal to deal with my coming to terms / coming out with my own identity. prone to the whole ceaseless rantings and insecurities that come with the territory, so i'd appreciate a few friends or whatnow for support purposes.

oh, that feels so teen angst. hello. i'm new here. you can call me michelle, you can call me todd, you can call me what you will. let's talk good books and good music?

Coming to a Decision

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

This is going to be a cross-post.
For the past years, I have been doing most of my posts on transitioning and being transgendered specifically on transgender. I've been rethinking this.
A lot.
Today, I woke up feeling absolutely wonderful.
My body felt alive in so many ways I have never experienced. My skin felt lovely.
I could easily have stayed in bed for the duration and just rubbed myself enjoying being me.
There wasn't much that was sexual about it.
I mean, okay, the boobs are pretty much unavoidable (for which I am thankful), but it was more a case of the sum total.
Someone warned me a year ago that it was a slippery slope. That there was no going back.
Well, frankly, if you are trans, there is no going back (at least not to exactly what you were before). Why go back to being a misfit. Why go back to being in emotional and psychological pain? Why go back to a life-long depression?
Nope, if you are trans, there is no going back. And, if you have been led to believe that it is evil and wrong, even freakish to feel good. Well I wish I could wave a wand over you and remove that particular illusion from you eyes.
Whether your are trans or not. You should understand that everyone has the right to be happy as long as they hurt no one who doesn't agree to being hurt (with a nod and a hug to my lj friends who are into such things).
And, if like Agnes Gooch, you stagger home the morning after, totally bedraggled you can still shake your fist at the sky and say:
"I lived!"


Shelley

Icky back hair......

[terry-terrible.livejournal.com]

I was wondering what kind of reactions other MtF's out there have had with HRT and back hair. Does spiro and estrogen clear back hair pretty good? Unfortunately I have some back hair, not horrrible horrible, but still enough to make me cringe, especially near where my back meets my neck. I also have some hair on my butt and was hoping maybe HRT thins that out too.

-Courtney

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mtf

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[bird-gehrl.livejournal.com]

thanks to everyone for the warm welcome! due to the influx of music i recieved from friends, i come bearing a reccomendation for some absolutely PHENOMINAL music - that being antony and the johnsons. if you're not familiar, you probably should be. right now. "i am a bird now", his new album is centered around antony's transformation into a woman and thusly is very empowering and feel-good for just about everyone. the piano and his voice is beyond comparison. i'll save the rave review, though. you should definetly have a listen and the music speaks for itself.

antony himself is a very interesting person. just do a google image search or watch a video.