To date, practicing my voice takes a close second in terms of frustration to the months of bureaucracy prior to getting "permission" to start hormones.

Voice practice requires several things.

Before you begin,
Can you accept that different sources will give you completely different forms of advice?

Okay then...

First:
Can you describe what makes one ( Read more... )

Quite the party last night!

I'm still posting transgender stuff on my journal, but there'll be another shift in character.

1 - I began in August and September with "holy shit, I think I'm trans - is this right?"

2 - This segued into "Okay.... What does this feel like? How do I deal with it?"

3 - Then came navigating the medical system and starting to ( Read more... )

My ears = pierced.

More specifically, after taking the fine suggestions of several people, I went with Rowan to the Sacred Heart outlet on Nelson. There I saw Stephanie who took excellent care in picking out where exactly to poke me. She labeled first, I double-checked, and Rowan, who was wearing corrective lenses unlike yours truly, triple-checked ( Read more... )

1. That was my third, and most likely final, appointment for sperm storage - this means that I started Spiroactalone late this morning.
It feels as if there was a period wherein a tide of unwanted T had the run of my body, and that this period is now over. A strong relief comes of this.

2. In other news, I dyked it up this week - girl's pants, shirt ( Read more... )