Glad to hear it turned out well for you! I’m convinced, definitely going to make that call tomorrow.

If I weren’t so euphoric right now due to being referred to as a girl for the first time, I’d be slightly annoyed :3

Lots of folks cross-dress and are neither trans nor non-binary. It took me a few years to realize that I’m not one of them.

But I guess you could say it was one of the earlier cracks in the shell.

Well, it’s in the rules, isn’t it? I certainly enjoy Lemmy without ads.

Also, I’m going to steal that picture, should come in handy.

Make sure you don’t hesitate or suppress that part of yourself just based on what you think others will say or think. That doesn’t work long-term.

Good point, yeah, I guess that’s practically what I’ve been trying to do for the last two decades, by being in denial. It did not work at all.

I’m gonna be honest, part of what makes it easy to accept right now is also knowing that whatever happens, happens on my terms, and my terms only. But while the thought of transition is scary… the thought of staying closeted is just as sad. I’m also thinking that gender dysphoria might get worse, now that am conscious about it.

Trying to find trans friends would be nice, though it does feel a bit selfish under the circumstances. I’ve found a contact to a local self help group, maybe I’ll start there.

Anyway, thanks for your kind words and input.

Oh, I’m definitely interested to see what more estrogen feels like, surely I’ll at least try for a few weeks / months eventually. But actually transitioning… that’s still a very scary thought. Or even coming out in rl at all. For now the decision is just accepting myself, no more, no less.

Maybe I should rewatch some of my favourite movies.

Well, there’s still a lot of stuff that I’m unsure about and I don’t know where I’ll end up eventually, although I do lean strongly towards a feminine identity at the moment.

But maybe I should consider myself lucky, because there also were signs all along which are just insanely clear now that I’ve finally dared to read through the Gender Dysphoria Bible.

I hope you find the answers you’re looking for.

Kann ich bestimmt auch mal ausleihen, oder?

Also ist tatsächlich schon eine ganze Weile her. Damals war es echt unangenehm, und ich dachte, das mach ich nie wieder.

Vielleicht habe ich diesmal mehr Glück.

Klingt gut, probiere ich bei Gelegenheit mal aus. Kommt man da mit Einstiegsgeräten schon weit, oder sollte man da etwas mehr Geld in die Hand nehmen?

Wie jetzt, etwa dersselbe Dobrindt, der bei einer Pressekonferenz in seinen vorbereiteten Unterlagen schwarz auf weiß stehen hatte, dass die größte Gefahr von rechts ausgeht, um dann live den gegenteiligen Standpunkt zu vertreten und diesen mit manipulativ designten Graphen zu belegen? Würde der doch nie tun!