Hi there all. I hope I wont be going against any off the visitor agreements by my introduction but here we go.

I'm a 23 year old, presurgical Female-to-Male transsexual. I've been 'out' for almost 4 years now I think. I've been on testosterone for almost 3 years now I believe. Any way my next step I would like to take is chest surgery. It's so hard to live full time as a man with the breasts I have. No matter how hard I try I can't bind them to enough to look right. (well I could but the problem is I like being able to breath.)

It's frustrating to not be able to be who you really are because you simply don't have the money. What's even harder is the fact that very few people see transsexualism as a real issue. Most people see it as a 'choice' or a way of living. I'm sorry but if I had the choice I wouldn't have this as an issue. I would love to be 'normal' but unfortunately the only way I'm going to be any where close to normal is if I can be accepted as the gender/sex I identify as. In turn to do that I need to look like said gender/sex. I can't do that with huge breasts.

In some ways its almost funny. Most people want larger breasts where I want pecs not breasts!. ^_^

Okay I'll stope venting now. I gave more then and intro... sorry.

All Best
Niq

Greetings! I've been friends with both male to female and female to male transgendered persons and my ftm friend had the most difficult time, in my opinion. When I met him, he'd had the double mastectomy, and was living full time as a male. But since he had yet to have the hysterectomy, his driver's license still said female. When I last heard from my friend, he was slogging through the legal system.
I just wanted to reassure you that there are some non-TG people who recognize your struggles. Hang in and Good luck to you!

-Sharon

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Originally posted by gogrrl:
Greetings! I've been friends with both male to female and female to male transgendered persons and my ftm friend had the most difficult time, in my opinion. When I met him, he'd had the double mastectomy, and was living full time as a male. But since he had yet to have the hysterectomy, his driver's license still said female. When I last heard from my friend, he was slogging through the legal system.
I just wanted to reassure you that there are some non-TG people who recognize your struggles. Hang in and Good luck to you!

-Sharon

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Thanks for your kind words. ^_^ I really appreciate it. I thought this would be a good place to come to see what others are doing and what options are open and a little bit of support too. One of the many places I'm checking out for all that stuff. Thanks for your encouragement. It's nice to know that there are those out there willing to understand and give a word of encouragement.

All Best
Niq