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Do you agree to the new rules of this thread and promise to uphold them if we are moved back? (Read first post, first page)

I agree.	67.0%	[ 260 ]
I disagree.	6.2%	[ 24 ]
I don't want to read them.	8.0%	[ 31 ]
Who cares?	2.6%	[ 10 ]
Gold.	16.2%	[ 63 ]
Total Votes:			[ 388 ]

[Tuah]

Kitti_Lyshka_MeowMeow

Well that's good that more people will be getting to know about the trans population and will know better. I'm online schooled so I don't know if we have a GSA or not. Yeah, I spend most of my day on the computer typing XwX

EDIT: @Tuah, we totally should @w@

I hope you like Japanese. ninja

Srsly, when Japanese is involved, I eat more than anyone I know. Except that one FtM friend I mentioned before. Jesus Christ he can eat. 0___0

Then again, that was right after we played DDR, and I have no stamina...

[Edana_Kellen]

I know this is off-topic(but I'm probably gonna get completely ignored anyhow), but I just realized something.

Now, normally I feel stupid for a number of things, and when I'm wrong I feel stupid and remember it. Ever since I was little playing "Pretty Pretty Princess" I've been an MtF. That's something I realized a long time ago, especially considering I've been crossdressing in private since I was 10. But about around March my therapist told me I wasn't a transsexual, and I didn't feel stupid. So I think that, granted his opinion being a "professional's" opinion, I think he's still wrong.

@Tuah, I love Asian food!

[Syndactyly]

Kitti_Lyshka_MeowMeow

I know this is off-topic(but I'm probably gonna get completely ignored anyhow), but I just realized something.

Now, normally I feel stupid for a number of things, and when I'm wrong I feel stupid and remember it. Ever since I was little playing "Pretty Pretty Princess" I've been an MtF. That's something I realized a long time ago, especially considering I've been crossdressing in private since I was 10. But about around March my therapist told me I wasn't a transsexual, and I didn't feel stupid. So I think that, granted his opinion being a "professional's" opinion, I think he's still wrong.

@Tuah, I love Asian food!

Geez, what was his excuse?

The first therapist said I wasn't trans because I was "unsure." Well, when I first saw her, yeah, being trans was very new to me, and I wasn't sure if being "mostly" a man would make me happy.

[DamenAJ]

the first week we had like 33 members, lost a few the second week. week 3 is on thursday. I really wish we met more than once a week.

Yeah, we have a lot of members right now, but last year we started the year with 25-ish members and ended with 7 or 8.

hopefully this year more people stay. I think a big issue is staying focus, making goals, and following through. Our GSA has always been kind of lost. We've only held a few events, and none of them really went over that well.

we don't have psychology, though I would love to take it. The closest thing we have is sociology, and it's not that great. we did a short little sex vs. gender thing.

[Tuah]

Kitti_Lyshka_MeowMeow

I know this is off-topic(but I'm probably gonna get completely ignored anyhow), but I just realized something.

Now, normally I feel stupid for a number of things, and when I'm wrong I feel stupid and remember it. Ever since I was little playing "Pretty Pretty Princess" I've been an MtF. That's something I realized a long time ago, especially considering I've been crossdressing in private since I was 10. But about around March my therapist told me I wasn't a transsexual, and I didn't feel stupid. So I think that, granted his opinion being a "professional's" opinion, I think he's still wrong.

@Tuah, I love Asian food!

Wrong or right, they still get paid, right?

[Tuah]

DamenAJ

the first week we had like 33 members, lost a few the second week. week 3 is on thursday. I really wish we met more than once a week.

Yeah, we have a lot of members right now, but last year we started the year with 25-ish members and ended with 7 or 8.

hopefully this year more people stay. I think a big issue is staying focus, making goals, and following through. Our GSA has always been kind of lost. We've only held a few events, and none of them really went over that well.

we don't have psychology, though I would love to take it. The closest thing we have is sociology, and it's not that great. we did a short little sex vs. gender thing.

I went to my school's GSA once. Everyone was all depressed, and it seemed like they were all ashamed to be there. So much for gay pride, eh?

Srsly, I was the most happy one there.

[Edana_Kellen]

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Kitti_Lyshka_MeowMeow

I know this is off-topic(but I'm probably gonna get completely ignored anyhow), but I just realized something.

Now, normally I feel stupid for a number of things, and when I'm wrong I feel stupid and remember it. Ever since I was little playing "Pretty Pretty Princess" I've been an MtF. That's something I realized a long time ago, especially considering I've been crossdressing in private since I was 10. But about around March my therapist told me I wasn't a transsexual, and I didn't feel stupid. So I think that, granted his opinion being a "professional's" opinion, I think he's still wrong.

@Tuah, I love Asian food!

Geez, what was his excuse?

The first therapist said I wasn't trans because I was "unsure." Well, when I first saw her, yeah, being trans was very new to me, and I wasn't sure if being "mostly" a man would make me happy.

He said it was because I was in a shitty environment and I was basically doing it "to make me happy". Look at me now, my environment isn't that bad, and I love my life, and I'm still a trans. Yeah, I think he's wrong.

[Syndactyly]

Kitti_Lyshka_MeowMeow

Syndactyly

Kitti_Lyshka_MeowMeow

I know this is off-topic(but I'm probably gonna get completely ignored anyhow), but I just realized something.

Now, normally I feel stupid for a number of things, and when I'm wrong I feel stupid and remember it. Ever since I was little playing "Pretty Pretty Princess" I've been an MtF. That's something I realized a long time ago, especially considering I've been crossdressing in private since I was 10. But about around March my therapist told me I wasn't a transsexual, and I didn't feel stupid. So I think that, granted his opinion being a "professional's" opinion, I think he's still wrong.

@Tuah, I love Asian food!

Geez, what was his excuse?

The first therapist said I wasn't trans because I was "unsure." Well, when I first saw her, yeah, being trans was very new to me, and I wasn't sure if being "mostly" a man would make me happy.

He said it was because I was in a shitty environment and I was basically doing it "to make me happy". Look at me now, my environment isn't that bad, and I love my life, and I'm still a trans. Yeah, I think he's wrong.

Pssh, whatever... Transgender people come from ALL sorts of environments. My environment was pretty shitty too. I don't think your therapist was very thorough...

[DamenAJ]

I have an opposite experience.

My family is poor, and my mom tends to ignore a problem if it isn't in her face, and my dad is a flake. So no one put me into therapy until I said "Hey, I wanna go to therapy." But the only reason I went to therapy was because a. I wanted a diagnosis, and b. because I wanted to start my physical transition.

I was 16-17 when I went to this guy. I was always totally masculine, but I didn't know what trans was until I was a teenager, and then I didn't know I was trans until I was... probably 15? Maybe 14? I'm bad with dates and ages.

Anyway, when I figured out I was trans, I went online, read books, etc. Got a lot of info on what to do and how to help myself, and what my options were.

And then I went to this shrink.

I sat down and said "I'm transsexual"

And he was like "Okay."

And we talked about it, and he was like "Yeah, I have no doubts you're transsexual, you sound like a guy to me." and it wasn't an issue at all.

[Syndactyly]

DamenAJ

I have an opposite experience.

My family is poor, and my mom tends to ignore a problem if it isn't in her face, and my dad is a flake. So no one put me into therapy until I said "Hey, I wanna go to therapy." But the only reason I went to therapy was because a. I wanted a diagnosis, and b. because I wanted to start my physical transition.

I was 16-17 when I went to this guy. I was always totally masculine, but I didn't know what trans was until I was a teenager, and then I didn't know I was trans until I was... probably 15? Maybe 14? I'm bad with dates and ages.

Anyway, when I figured out I was trans, I went online, read books, etc. Got a lot of info on what to do and how to help myself, and what my options were.

And then I went to this shrink.

I sat down and said "I'm transsexual"

And he was like "Okay."

And we talked about it, and he was like "Yeah, I have no doubts you're transsexual, you sound like a guy to me." and it wasn't an issue at all.

Well, people usually "prep" and train themselves so they know what to say before they see the therapist. I did sound like a guy, I was masculine, even looked like a guy but my therapist was put off my by uncertainty.

[Adassai]

I feel left out! XD Can I pretend I'm trans so I fit in? o3o

[Syndactyly]

SuperElliot

I feel left out! XD Can I pretend I'm trans so I fit in? o3o

Lolz, trust me, you do NOT want to be trans. It is so much more trouble than it's worth. gonk

[Adassai]

Syndactyly

SuperElliot

I feel left out! XD Can I pretend I'm trans so I fit in? o3o

Lolz, trust me, you do NOT want to be trans. It is so much more trouble than it's worth. gonk

Dude, you're talking to the kid who bubbled in 'black' on one of his ACTS just so he wouldn't feel so mainstream and white >.>

[Tuah]

DamenAJ

I have an opposite experience.

My family is poor, and my mom tends to ignore a problem if it isn't in her face, and my dad is a flake. So no one put me into therapy until I said "Hey, I wanna go to therapy." But the only reason I went to therapy was because a. I wanted a diagnosis, and b. because I wanted to start my physical transition.

I was 16-17 when I went to this guy. I was always totally masculine, but I didn't know what trans was until I was a teenager, and then I didn't know I was trans until I was... probably 15? Maybe 14? I'm bad with dates and ages.

Anyway, when I figured out I was trans, I went online, read books, etc. Got a lot of info on what to do and how to help myself, and what my options were.

And then I went to this shrink.

I sat down and said "I'm transsexual"

And he was like "Okay."

And we talked about it, and he was like "Yeah, I have no doubts you're transsexual, you sound like a guy to me." and it wasn't an issue at all.

Let's see... my story...

I was about 8 or 9, playing one of those Digimon digivice things while with my grandparents in K-Mart. I had an epiphany.

"Wooooah...."

Then I asked my grandmother if she would still love me if I were a girl. And she said she would (though she apparently lied about it ;P), but mentioned it to my mom. They thought nothing of it.
I started to tell my friends, and they were cool with it. Then I moved to a state full of homophobes. I went to play with the boys because I didn't want any girls to think I was weird. But I still played all the girl roles in our games.

But then I started to learn about homophobia. And I came to hate anyone who wasn't straight, including myself. Then until I was 15, I had forgotten all about my feelings. But they came back. After learned about the whole trans deal, I came out to my mom. She was okay with it, but has a tone-of-voice problem and I thought she was mad. She wasn't really mad.

The therapist just accepted my self-diagnosis.

[DamenAJ]

the stuff I did wasn't really prep. When I was looking into that stuff I didn't even know I was going to a therapist eventually. I didn't know what he was going to ask me. I just told him how I felt, and my experiences.

but I think the fact I looked into trans stuff before the visit was why I could be so assertive. I knew this was what I was, and what I wanted. So I had previous knowledge so I didn't really stumble over questions I didn't know about.

Yeah, I was sure, I knew I needed change, I knew this was who and what I was.

But It's crazy to disregard someones feelings due to uncertainty, it's a big issue, something you have to think about, something you have to adjust to. I'd recommend more counselling, to talk out the issue, not just deny it.