Genderqueer

[freakygems]

I haven't been on here in ages - I've been proccupied (work, r'ships, commitments etc). I am back because I've started seeing a psyc about wanting to start T, it's been four sessions but we're going round in circles.

She thinks I would be better suited by voice training, a breast reduction and trying to dress and present more as male.

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Comments

[gymx]

Time for a new shrink.

[youngstudlyboi]

You can be ftm/male and genderqueer at the same time. Obviously, your therapist doesn't sound to me like she gets this. I second the idea of finding a new shrink.

[freakygems]

It seems hard to find a shrink who's trans aware, let alone up to date with genderqueer. Then there is also the issue with the gatekeeper role therapists play in an individual accessing hormones *sigh*

[gymx]

Do you feel you need therapy regarding your gender, or do you need a letter to start T and see if that's what you need? If you only want to access hormones, the quickest way will be to find a new therapist and lie. You could go round in circles with different therapists for years, and never convince a one. Not saying that *will* happen, but the system is set up a certain way, and that way does not accomodate non-binary identities. Consider your needs. You can always stop T and that therapist will never know. And you can always continue therapy with someone other than who gave you your letter, if you decide you need to talk about your gender more honestly.

[chasingtides]

Time for a new shrink. I can be genderqueer and ftm at the same time.

[freakygems]

I went in quite honest and didn't tell a typical story of knowing I was trans since childhood, what cahnges I wanted and also my hesitation up until now together with not presenting as male and also feeling I won't ever be a man - I will be me.

[strokemybow]

present.