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Hi, I'm timreh.

Just found this thread.

From my time as a child I *knew* something was off-kilter. It turns out I'm a female born with the wrong body parts. I've been in transition for about 2 years now. The bestest thing I have ever done for myself was admitting I could no longer pretend to be a guy.

In my effort to give back to the community I now facilitate a number of peer support groups. It's nice to be helpful to others who are struggling / searching for their own personal identity.

Not here to make waves or cause trouble, but if anyone wants to chat / PM / etc about transition, HRT, or peer groups I may have something of value to offer.

Just don't ask me about dating. I live in a rural area, and have absolutely no skills at successfully dating as a transgender woman. <grin>

be well, t
 
timreh said:
Hi, I'm timreh.

Just found this thread.

From my time as a child I *knew* something was off-kilter. It turns out I'm a female born with the wrong body parts. I've been in transition for about 2 years now. The bestest thing I have ever done for myself was admitting I could no longer pretend to be a guy.

In my effort to give back to the community I now facilitate a number of peer support groups. It's nice to be helpful to others who are struggling / searching for their own personal identity.

Not here to make waves or cause trouble, but if anyone wants to chat / PM / etc about transition, HRT, or peer groups I may have something of value to offer.

Just don't ask me about dating. I live in a rural area, and have absolutely no skills at successfully dating as a transgender woman. <grin>

be well, t
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thanks!
 
Anybody who's been reading about trans issues recently has probably heard of the recent BBC documentary "Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best?" Many in the broad community consider it biased in favour of Dr. Ken Zucker, ex head of Toronto's Centre for Addiction & Mental Health's Gender Identity Clinic that was closed down in late 2015 because a review found its "approach to providing services to be out of step with current and evolving clinical and operational approaches."

I haven't seen the documentary yet but I wanted to share two links that address issues raised in the show as well as the broader historical background of the approaches used by Zucker and others:

"Thoughts on ‘Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best" (thanks Stickygirl for the link! :heart:)

"The Rise and Fall of #DiscoSexology: Dr. Zucker, CAMH, & Conversion Therapy"

Edit: Here's a recent article from HuffPo as well, "6 Facts About Affirming Therapy for Trans And Gender Non-Conforming Youth"
 
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"National Geographic has announced it will make the two-hour documentary GENDER REVOLUTION: A JOURNEY WITH KATIE COURIC available to stream for free, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 14, for one week." - Business Wire

This appears to be available only in the US, but if you have Facebook the video is available there.

I haven't seen it yet but from what I've heard it is much more sympathetic than the BBC 'documentary' mentioned in the previous post.
 
Keke56 said:
I'm a new transexual, thought I'd share some pics. Let me know what you think. ..
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This is more of an information thread than a porn thread, for people to post serious topics that would be of interest to the trans community in general (though now that Stickygirl is gone, perhaps we should just let it sink into the depths...). I have no doubt that if you start a new photo thread, either here in GLBT or in the Amateur Pic Feedback forum, you'll get the responses you're looking for :)
 
Not gone, just away! :)
Thanks for that link Haurni - I managed to get around the US-only restrictions with some web wizardry and watched the whole show. I don't know much about Couric - whether she's well regarded or not, but I saw an earlier report she ran about trans kids and I couldn't work out if her ignorance of trans issues was done for the camera or not. In this one too, her lack of knowledge seemed a little affected as well, but I give her full marks for putting in so much time to finding answers to the questions so many have about transgender people.

I saw the BBC report too, which aired in Canada back in January and it couldn't have been more different. In that 'documentary' the journalist blundered about from one witness to another trying desperately to make a story from interviews that clearly didn't fit his agenda. However it did prompt Cristan Williams to put together a series of articles on TransAdvocate, so if you fancy reading more <- there's the link.


Wishing you all well, be nicer to each other,
from a small island far far away
Sticks :rose:
 
stickygirl said:
Not gone, just away! :)
Thanks for that link Haurni - I managed to get around the US-only restrictions with some web wizardry and watched the whole show. I don't know much about Couric - whether she's well regarded or not, but I saw an earlier report she ran about trans kids and I couldn't work out if her ignorance of trans issues was done for the camera or not. In this one too, her lack of knowledge seemed a little affected as well, but I give her full marks for putting in so much time to finding answers to the questions so many have about transgender people.

I saw the BBC report too, which aired in Canada back in January and it couldn't have been more different. In that 'documentary' the journalist blundered about from one witness to another trying desperately to make a story from interviews that clearly didn't fit his agenda. However it did prompt Cristan Williams to put together a series of articles on TransAdvocate, so if you fancy reading more <- there's the link.


Wishing you all well, be nicer to each other,
from a small island far far away
Sticks :rose:
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Hello, everyone. Another trans woman here -- I transitioned about 3 years ago, and it's always nice to meet other trans folks and allies.

I'm working on a story, and I thought I'd check out the forum here, and see if it's a place I want to hang out.
 
haurni said:
"National Geographic has announced it will make the two-hour documentary GENDER REVOLUTION: A JOURNEY WITH KATIE COURIC available to stream for free, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 14, for one week." - Business Wire

This appears to be available only in the US, but if you have Facebook the video is available there.

I haven't seen it yet but from what I've heard it is much more sympathetic than the BBC 'documentary' mentioned in the previous post.
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It is reasonably well done. In fact, I used it as the basis for a public presentation on gender last week. About 40 people showed up for the event, including staff from three different colleges.
 
TransChick said:
Hello, everyone. Another trans woman here -- I transitioned about 3 years ago, and it's always nice to meet other trans folks and allies.

I'm working on a story, and I thought I'd check out the forum here, and see if it's a place I want to hang out.
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Welcome to Lit. Sadly, this thread has pretty much expired with Sticky's departure, but there's a wealth of information buried in it if you take the time to look through it.

Lit itself (even the GLBT forum) tends to attract - in addition to trans people - a large number of chasers/fetishists whose knowledge of trans-related issues is, shall we say, 'minimal', and they tend to dominate the forums.

That said, there are always opportunities for titillation here if you can deal with the noise level. :)

A word of advice - stay out of the General forum. :D
 
haurni said:
Welcome to Lit. Sadly, this thread has pretty much expired with Sticky's departure, but there's a wealth of information buried in it if you take the time to look through it.

Lit itself (even the GLBT forum) tends to attract - in addition to trans people - a large number of chasers/fetishists whose knowledge of trans-related issues is, shall we say, 'minimal', and they tend to dominate the forums.

That said, there are always opportunities for titillation here if you can deal with the noise level. :)

A word of advice - stay out of the General forum. :D
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Thanks for the welcome. :)

And yeah, I noticed that we seem to be vastly outnumbered. A lot of what's on this forum doesn't exactly cater to my interests, but there are definitely interesting threads.
 
Given how dull ordinary life can be I may be tempted back :D
tbh loving being normal at last even if it means that reading Sense and Sensibility is something I rush home for! Funny how things turn out - I used to be such a slut, but I put that down to the pollution of T ;) Maybe I could write a pastiche of Jane Austen-goes-slut?! I'm even planning a trip to Bath Spa to see her museum...:cool:

Thanks for the posts, Transchick - it would be a shame if the thread disappeared without trace under the blizzard of Blanchard in LGBT. Plus ça change. Lets start a convo, chick. Anything trans I read from stateside leaves me depressed so I'm avoiding it.

Hoping very much y'all well.
 
And lo, the heavens opened, and the peals of a thousand trumpets rang forth, and a voice from on high proclaimed:
stickygirl said:
Given how dull ordinary life can be I may be tempted back :D
tbh loving being normal at last even if it means that reading Sense and Sensibility is something I rush home for! Funny how things turn out - I used to be such a slut, but I put that down to the pollution of T ;) Maybe I could write a pastiche of Jane Austen-goes-slut?! I'm even planning a trip to Bath Spa to see her museum...:cool:

Thanks for the posts, Transchick - it would be a shame if the thread disappeared without trace under the blizzard of Blanchard in LGBT. Plus ça change. Lets start a convo, chick. Anything trans I read from stateside leaves me depressed so I'm avoiding it.

Hoping very much y'all well.
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:heart: :)

Also - great picture, transchick!
 
stickygirl said:
Given how dull ordinary life can be I may be tempted back :D
tbh loving being normal at last even if it means that reading Sense and Sensibility is something I rush home for! Funny how things turn out - I used to be such a slut, but I put that down to the pollution of T ;) Maybe I could write a pastiche of Jane Austen-goes-slut?! I'm even planning a trip to Bath Spa to see her museum...:cool:

Thanks for the posts, Transchick - it would be a shame if the thread disappeared without trace under the blizzard of Blanchard in LGBT. Plus ça change. Lets start a convo, chick. Anything trans I read from stateside leaves me depressed so I'm avoiding it.

Hoping very much y'all well.
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Normal sounds delightful. These days, my life has been anything but. lol

And I don't blame you for avoiding the news from around these parts. It's pretty grim.

But I get through it by connecting with other people. It's nice meeting friendly trans folks even in the margins of places where we're vastly outnumbered. :)
 
stickygirl said:
Given how dull ordinary life can be I may be tempted back :D
Anything trans I read from stateside leaves me depressed so I'm avoiding it.

Hoping very much y'all well.
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Welcome back!!

Amongst all the noise about how bad things are stateside, there are good things happening too. They just don't get the notice. Here, the local PFLAG group has pretty much gone full support mode for transgender people. They have started passing out "I'll Go With You" buttons, they instigated and hosted a presentation on Gender, and they have reached out to the local press to stir up interest.

So yes, while there is doom and gloom on some fronts, there is also positive action at the grass root level.

Anyway, Welcome Back!!! Stick around for a spell, I can think of a few of us who would appreciate being part of an ongoing conversation.
 
The only good thing about Trump is that he's managed to galvanize the opposition. The tide of time is ultimately in trans peoples' favour.
 
haurni said:
The only good thing about Trump is that he's managed to galvanize the opposition. The tide of time is ultimately in trans peoples' favour.
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Let's hope. But there's so much harm that he's inflicting in the meantime. Already on immigrant communities, but he's currently working to harm people with medical needs, which includes so many members of the trans community.
 
So happy to see this thread alive. Love to you all. Please stick around Sticky Dear. and the same goes to all of you.
 
haurni said:
The only good thing about Trump is that he's managed to galvanize the opposition. The tide of time is ultimately in trans peoples' favour.
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I agree and think the tide has to, and will, shift for truth. It seems to be the way of things. It's just such a shame that the shift seems to take way longer than need be. But looking at history shows that good eventually wins over evil...just wish it didn't take so long :mad:
 
TransChick said:
Normal sounds delightful. These days, my life has been anything but. lol

And I don't blame you for avoiding the news from around these parts. It's pretty grim.

But I get through it by connecting with other people. It's nice meeting friendly trans folks even in the margins of places where we're vastly outnumbered. :)
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Speaking of grim; Has anyone else watched the new(ish) Netfilx release titled Deep Run? It's a documentary about a couple of young folks in North Carolina. It follows a FtM young man for a year of so after high-school graduation and his attempt at finding love and acceptance in a very rural part of the state. I have to say, it was really depressing. I kept asking myself; Why would any LGBTQ person choose to stay there...but in truth, the poverty, lack of education and any viable options almost imprisons them. Made me want to go get them and move them to Portland or Seattle so they might have a chance at a happy life ! He is so upbeat and positive, but gets smacked down at almost every turn :(

(I'm hoping that the story on Netflix has brought some crowdfunding or other assistance their way)
 
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