Transitioning
Hey everyone. I just stumbled across this community today, and I'd like to briefly introduce myself and ask some questions.
Essentially, I'm very confident in identifying as a "genderqueer" or "trans" guy who's incredibly physiologically disconnected from how my body developed after estrogen kicked in. However, I'm also a bit of a health nut - I've never tried a drug in my life, never sipped alcohol, etc. Making the decision to start taking testosterone 3 months ago was a very difficult one, but one that I felt like I had to do in order to make a compromise between what my mind wants (male body) and what my body truly is.
What oriented from this notion of "compromise" and concern about my health was a plan of transition, which I outlined in my blog post here: http://www.humancomplaints.com/2008/12/transitioning.html
(Taking T for approximately 4 years in order to gain as many irreversible secondary sex characteristics as my body can muster, and hopefully hold on to, then stopping T and resorting to work out and diet)
If any of you have any input based on your own experiences with stopping T, especially after a number of years, please share it with me. Particularly in regards to health and what secondary sex characteristics remain, especially body/facial hair. Thank you!
Essentially, I'm very confident in identifying as a "genderqueer" or "trans" guy who's incredibly physiologically disconnected from how my body developed after estrogen kicked in. However, I'm also a bit of a health nut - I've never tried a drug in my life, never sipped alcohol, etc. Making the decision to start taking testosterone 3 months ago was a very difficult one, but one that I felt like I had to do in order to make a compromise between what my mind wants (male body) and what my body truly is.
What oriented from this notion of "compromise" and concern about my health was a plan of transition, which I outlined in my blog post here: http://www.humancomplaints.com/2008/12/transitioning.html
(Taking T for approximately 4 years in order to gain as many irreversible secondary sex characteristics as my body can muster, and hopefully hold on to, then stopping T and resorting to work out and diet)
If any of you have any input based on your own experiences with stopping T, especially after a number of years, please share it with me. Particularly in regards to health and what secondary sex characteristics remain, especially body/facial hair. Thank you!