Archive for October, 2008
Greetings from a fellow traveller
Oct 23rd
Hi everyone!
My name is Rachel and I’m a frequent contributor to the Gender ID board. Jenni kindly offered me the opportunity to post my thoughts on the transgender experience as I’ve encountered it and I quickly jumped at the chance.
In this, my first entry, I’ve simply chosen to say a little about myself (a very little for now).
As of 2008, I find myself to be a 50 year-old post-operative transsexual. One who still considers herself to be “in transition: as facial feminization surgery (FFS) and breast augmentation lie ahead of me. I’m a Canadian and I am married to Sue, (my wife since 2002) and count myself truly fortunate that she has been at my side throughout this journey. We have a son together, as well. He is currently 17 years-old and loves me to pieces despite the fact that he in no-way embraces or warms to the fact that his father is now a woman.
I’m also a born-again Christian and this latter fact continues to shape much of my thoughts and perhaps “cloud” them in the eyes of some.
I hope that what I’ll be sharing in the days, months? years? ahead will be of interest and perhaps of some value to those who read of my thoughts and experiences. I’ll attempt to respond to everyone who sees fit to email me.
with love,
Rachel
Will SRS help me? Will I regret it?
Oct 21st
Someone wrote to me recently, and this is what she asked:
“I have a very critical question to ask, I hope you can shed some light. In your article or section called “Theories and Therapies” and later on the section “Will SRS help me? Will I regret it?”. at the end there is a paragraph that says:
‘There are two people I know that were there when someone awoke from surgery, and that person knew at that moment that they made a huge mistake.’
I wonder if you may still access to those people and if it is possible to contact them regarding their experience. I am a MTF in transition and still have some doubts, no so much about SRS since that has never been a ‘must’ for me, but about transitioning and living my life as a female.
I certainly have seen many therapists over the last 8 years and I have been diagnosed with GID. And I do live part time as a woman. But I am ready to go into hormones and I would like to hear the stories of those who ‘detransition’ or ‘regret it’…. I guess I am a little critical of the whole thing and I would like to hear the ‘worst case’ scenarios. I think there are plenty of ‘rosy’ experiences out there. But it is hard to find info about those who changed their minds, for whatever reason.”
Here is my response to her, with a few embellishments…..
The Gender-ID Blog
Oct 20th
Welcome!
Blogging is more than just a web fad. It is an important means of communication in today’s world, and a wonderful way to get your story told. It is reminiscent of my on-line pre-op journal, and I hope that it will become an important means of expression for more authors, and a valuable resource for our viewers.
We will be adding new voices to our blog in the coming weeks and months, and invite you to stop in often or join the RSS feed to see what is new. Although I don’t have the time to spend in the forums as I used to, I expect that having the Blog will open opportunities to talk about my thoughts.
Vote!
Jenni
Hello GID world!
Oct 20th
Welcome to the Gender Identity Blog, a space for pre and post-op transsexuals to blog about life and transition.