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 Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:15 pm
Just to start off, I feel a bit silly posting this, as I haven't been on this website for more than to glance in at a few things in years, but I was looking around some of the old places I used to go and realized exactly how much this place has done for me.
Sometime back in late '04, I found Gaia in general through a buddy of mine who liked to post in the chatterbox. I hated anime but was pretty bored so I decided to try it out. After a few months of posting in the GD, I met Nate, who was probably the first trans person I'd ever actually met. At the time, I considered myself a tomboy and pretty much hated what puberty had done, but had decided there was nothing I could do about it.
A few months later after talking to him I came to a lot of realizations about myself. I realized I was much happier seeing myself as a male, although at the time I was afraid of hormones and permanent changes. I ended up living full-time as a male pre-everything for the next three or four years, and lurked this guild a lot. This guild is where I learned all the important things: how to bind safely, how to come to terms with a lot of things, what T does to you, and most importantly, that I wasn't the only one who was squicked out by puberty.
In June of 2009 I ended up finally starting T, after seeing a therapist in my area for three weeks. Because of everything I had learned here, the process in general was very easy and not as scary as I had imagined. Since then, I have gotten to the point where I pass without even thinking about it (I don't even bind at this point) and nobody where I work has any idea that I was not born as a male. I look in the mirror and I'm actually entirely happy with what I see, for the first time since I can remember, and with that newfound confidence, I was also able to get my life together.
Before I found this guild, and got the chance to talk to those of you who were around when I was, I would never have even thought I could have done something like this. I know it sounds sappy and all that, but thanks for being around, guys. You're all super-awesome.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:49 pm
-comes back from the dead-
I agree with you there. I found the first trans forum a while ago, 5 years ago actually. And it's thanks to a MtF from this place that I was able to go through with the whole process, and find myself here eventually, and so on...
I am also glad there are so many helpful people here. <3
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:32 am
*Loveloveloveloveloooooove*
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:35 pm
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Similar story here; lurking around and gobbling up info from posts and resource links here is what finally got me off my butt and to the therapist for my T. Before reading some of it, being a recluse seemed so much easier than the huge task of getting my transition started. I'm still struggling a bit in trying to save dough for top surgery, but I really am grateful to this guild for some of the site links that inspired me to take my first steps. You guys got the dumb notion out of my head that transition was an insurmountable task.
*apologies for adding to the sappiness*
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