A very simple parental transgender manual! Some of you asked for it, so here you go.
Clickable links:
Transwhat.org
Teenhealth: dft.ba/-4sbz
Human Sexuality is Complicated(Video): dft.ba/-4sbA
Trans 101(Video): dft.ba/-1z9f
Whatsnormalanyway.net
Roostertailscomic.com/?p=1495
Advice for Parents of Trans Kids(Video): dft.ba/-4K0EEnjoy and share as you see fit!
Charlie: Top Surgery Advice
I’m 10 days post-op with Dr. Garramone and here are some things I’ve thought about while recovering. This all comes from my experience, so it’ll always vary from person to person. I hope this helps someone. There will always be more to add to this, but here’s what I can think of…
- cis person: I want implants.
- doctor & general public: okay!
- cis person: I want a chest reduction.
- doctor & general public: okay!
- trans* person: I want top surgery.
- doctor & general public: Are you SURE? Because thats like a huge change and you can't ever ever ever go back and I mean are you even sure you're trans*? This is probably just a phase and then you will regret it your whole life. You need therapy. You should get a psychological evaluation. Do you even know how it will effect your life? Thats a lot of money why don't you spend it on something else? You should just be happy with the body you are in. Why would you want to change it? Like, I bet you're not really trans*. This is a really serious decision and I personally think you shouldn't do it. Its like, life changing.
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12. Dez. 2012 - Therapy and such.
So my therapist made me do a Personality Profiler test, which was all very insightful but also scary at the same time. I do know these things about me but it was just weird that they were sort of “confirmed”. I decided to post them just because for myself really and I’m working on ways to better myself as a person anyhow. There were much more than what I wrote down so I chose to post only those that my therapist and I talked about because I see truth in them. I did get much more than just these few statements of course but I will not re write everything, this is just for me anyways.
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November 20th is Transgender Remembrance day and this week is Trans Awareness week.
I wish I could crawl out of my skin, leave it behind and never look back. I am still trying to find the zipper on my body that can release me from this prison made of flesh. What if I could cut myself open, from my chin down between my breasts right over my navel and further down. Would I be able to slip out of my meat suit as easily as I would out of a jacket? I am tempted to try. If only I could peal back every layer, as if I was an onion, and toss it in the trash where it belongs. But I am not a reptile, I can’t shed myself from this skin. And so I deal and I try to make this cluster of cells my home and live with it. Because that’s really all I can do.
