To alleviate your problem, I can personally attest to the effectiveness of pantyhose. It’s amazing too. 😊

Yeah, that’s the tragedy about this, isn’t it?! The community knows because it affects all of us and it’s our peers who are dying, but we need a platform to get the news out, because our suffering has been so normalized.

Congratulations! It’s awesome that you finally get to live the way you have always been inside.

A general piece of advise: While everything may feel exciting and knew, keep in mind that a transition is a marathon, not a sprint. A lot of things (such as hair removal for example) require patience and while it can never be fast enough, it is better to be mentally prepared. The same goes for HRT, while it’s awesome to have it, physical changes can take anywhere from months to years before they become visible.

I do not want to temper your enthusiasm, but advise you to manage your expectations. On the flip side, this also means that you can take your time. You have a chance to try things out before you settle on how you want to look and what feels best. You do not have to have all the answers right away. You can and you should experiment.

Godspeed, friend!

I can relate a lot to your posting, but instead of repeating what others already said, allow me to add something else.

These “gender feelings” that you describe will not go away. You had them for20-odd years already and they won’t go away in the next 20-odd years either. I don’t write this because I want to scare you, but because it is something that you should seriously consider whether you decide to transition, decide against it or find an entirely different way.

Nonetheless these feelings are a part of who you are and you have to face them in order to be at peace with yourself. Because at the moment, you very obviously are not. Nobody can fight that fight for you and while you may fear the consequences of it, also consider the famous adage: “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”

So you may find your answer if you ask yourself what path you would walk, if fear did not hold you back.

Godspeed, friend!

Thanks, but fortunately it is gone for now. A change in my HRT also seems to have had a positive effect, besides the cream and proper care.

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Yes, I had it too. I got it under control with an anti-fungal cream and gentle cleaning. It still took a while before it was entirely gone though, partially because I did not get the “gentle” part of the cleaning right at first.

I added an archived version.

My pleathure!

It is. Jews had their drivers’ licences revoked and lost property rights to their cars on Dec 31th 1938.

That is a fair point on a personal level, but many people (myself included) appreciate a digested version of an official document and additional context for it provided by a journalistic article. Overall there is no reason to disbelief the detailed information provided in the article and assume that the reporter faked the document, unless someone wants to cast doubt on the unjustifiable treatment of trans people by the Trump government.

What is the advantage? The article explains the context much better than the PDF and contains a link to the document in the first paragraph.

I agree with you that the community will survive, yet there are many who won’t.

First they removed language mentioning trans people, now they removed the rainbow flag and soon the entire monument will be gone. “First they came” and so on and so forth.

Rebecca Watson 🖤

We all know what is going to happen…

I understand the feeling. For me personally, the pandemic years are just a blur and I am incapable to tell them apart.

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Thanks for pointing it out. Unfortunately, I can’t find an option to change the alt text.

I recommend adding one, two or more plushies. 😉