I guess I'll go ahead and get this ball rolling!
Hi! I'm a 27-year-old FtM transgender, pronouns he/him/his, and I'm the founder of this group!
As for my personal journey, I kind of always had a bit of an inkling, especially after I hit puberty, but I grew up in a very small backwoods town and I didn't even know that being transgender was a thing. I only knew that my body and my gender weren't... right, for lack of a better term. But the way I presented myself was always rather masculine, until I entered high school and tried my hardest at feminizing myself due to bullying. It didn't work out very well, but I continued, even after I went to college.
During my first semester, one of my best friends came out as MtF transgender. I inquired more, and upon hearing her story I realized that I was in the same boat and what I was experiencing was gender dysphoria. And I kept it a closely-guarded secret. My family is very conservative, I had just moved in with my boyfriend, and I knew that I'd lose all of it if I came out. But a lot of life events happened that put me in a situation that I can't exactly change. So instead of trying to alter the impossible I instead decided to fix the things that I actually could in an attempt to make me less miserable so I can focus on being at peace. And the biggest thing causing me grief was my gender identity.
So, at 26-years-old, I came out slowly. Most people took it well. My husband was supportive, though he and I agree that we don't know what the future holds. My in-laws still misgender and deadname me, and several of them are "weird" but it is what it is. My mother is supportive, but the rest of my family doesn't know yet. I joined a support group, lopped off my hair, updated my wardrobe, and I just had my first shot of testosterone on Friday (which was also my birthday).
So that's me and a little bit of my experience in regards to transgender-ism.
Hi! I'm a 27-year-old FtM transgender, pronouns he/him/his, and I'm the founder of this group!
As for my personal journey, I kind of always had a bit of an inkling, especially after I hit puberty, but I grew up in a very small backwoods town and I didn't even know that being transgender was a thing. I only knew that my body and my gender weren't... right, for lack of a better term. But the way I presented myself was always rather masculine, until I entered high school and tried my hardest at feminizing myself due to bullying. It didn't work out very well, but I continued, even after I went to college.
During my first semester, one of my best friends came out as MtF transgender. I inquired more, and upon hearing her story I realized that I was in the same boat and what I was experiencing was gender dysphoria. And I kept it a closely-guarded secret. My family is very conservative, I had just moved in with my boyfriend, and I knew that I'd lose all of it if I came out. But a lot of life events happened that put me in a situation that I can't exactly change. So instead of trying to alter the impossible I instead decided to fix the things that I actually could in an attempt to make me less miserable so I can focus on being at peace. And the biggest thing causing me grief was my gender identity.
So, at 26-years-old, I came out slowly. Most people took it well. My husband was supportive, though he and I agree that we don't know what the future holds. My in-laws still misgender and deadname me, and several of them are "weird" but it is what it is. My mother is supportive, but the rest of my family doesn't know yet. I joined a support group, lopped off my hair, updated my wardrobe, and I just had my first shot of testosterone on Friday (which was also my birthday).
So that's me and a little bit of my experience in regards to transgender-ism.
I'm Arrow but you can call me King if you'd prefer. My pronouns are she/her and I'm a cisgendered female. Because I'm cisgendered, I don't really have much a of a "journey" in terms of discovering my gender identity. However, I'm still young and questioning my identity. Maybe, one day, it'll turn out that I'm not female after all. Whatever I discover in the future, I'll always be one step closer in finding myself. Even though I'm not transgender, I will support all of you in the best way I can!
hello everyone call me flower if you wanna and even tho i am not tans i can still support them all the way .3. and i was on my way to find groups to join in *cause well if i join one i gonna get bored so i wanna join more groups*so i found this so i