Trans-Meme...My Turn...

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So how did this all start and how did you end up here?

I have known there was something different about me since the age of five, if not earlier...I can put a location to the event that really brought it to my consciousness, but not a concrete time. But I consider the death of my father to be the real start of my transition. It was after this that my brick walls started to come down.

What is your plan to transition? Are you aware that many transsexuals never live a "normal" female life and end up involved with other trans people and in the trans community for the duration of their lives?

Too late to consider that now, not that it matters. For me, it was the classic 'transition or die' scenario. I am lucky in that I was able to have my transition financed almost entirely by work, in this case, the Canadian military. All done now, but plenty of pieces to pick up.

If you pass perfectly in 3 years, will you tell others about your past?

Because of the nature of my transition, I never really had the chance to be anything like stealth. So I've chosen to run with it and pass the benefit of my experience on to those that follow.

Why do you want to transition?

It wasn't a question of 'want'. It was a deeply seated NEED!

What is your sexual orientation and how does your changing your gender effect that?

My orientation has always been towards women, and this is still the case today.

What will you do about employment? Do you plan to transition at work?

See previous comments. I transitioned completely at work, and they paid for it, just as they pay for the healthcare needs of any military member.

Are out to your friends and family? How are they reacting to your decision?

I had one or two people disconnect from my life, but on the whole, most have been accepting. I had major problems at work, though...reverse harassment, in which charges were levied against me, all of which were ultimately found to be against me by a faceless MGen who has never met me, doesn't know me, and certainly knows nothing of what seemed commonplace activity in that particular office. A number of odd things about the case have led me to believe that it was done as a method to have me removed from the position I was occupying at work. For months, I used to have the picture of Lynn Conway, Calpernia Addams and Andrea James, all sitting together at a table after a banquet, on my computer as wallpaper in an office where pix of the Sunshine Girl were rampant. As soon as it became known the women in the pic are trans, the pic was deemed to be porn and I was told to remove it. This was one of the charges against me. There were other things as well that were too out of the ordinary.

What is your goal? After you go full-time will you pursue other surgeries?

My goal is to just enjoy the rest of my life as it was meant to be enjoyed. I want to be there for those that follow, as I mentioned. As for surgery, there's a slim chance that FFS or maybe BAS might be in the future, but those'll be out of my own pocket, and I think I'd rather spendthat kind of coin on a house.



That's it for me!