Archive for category: Physical Transition

Sexuality: V2.0 the upgrade

SophieFR May 21, 2020 Affirmative Surgery 3

No matter how I feel about myself and the way I live my life now, there will always be a few things that I can never change, or have the desire to. The first is pretty obvious in that I was born male. But the other one in mind is the undeniable fact that I have two children from ...

Too Much Baggage to Transition

Over the years I have had so many opportunities to accept my true self and begin a life of being the woman I so much want, but I denied and shamed myself my entire life. I left my family home at 19 years old to begin my adult life. I had no one to care for but myself. I shared a ...

Is Your Physical Transition Languishing?

Miss Cloé August 26, 2019 Physical Transition 13

Every once in a while a gem of information falls into your lap offering hope for something better. In this case it comes from Dr. William J. Powers, D.O. a family medicine physician in Michigan and in the form of a recorded lecture and PowerPoint. For those of you who are a...

My Journey So Far

Sam Kelly August 31, 2018 Physical Transition 13

Ever since I can remember, I have always felt different. I loved football and rugby and was not into anything girly. I always dreamt of growing up and becoming a man. As I looked in the mirror time and time again, however, I was upset at the fact that the body of a girl was stari...

Facial Feminization Surgery - The Woman in the Mirror

Looking in the mirror – my road to facial feminization surgery

Vanessa Law May 15, 2012 Facial Feminization Surgery 42

I had equivocated for months now. I knew how harsh a trial it would be, but still. I knew that my reflection was passably beautiful, but still. I heard others express shock at my decision, lending support to what I saw, but still. When I looked in the mirror I saw every line that...

It’s Over

Vanessa Law March 29, 2012 Breast Enhancement 25

Monday March 26th marks a seminal day in my gender journey. For a brief moment the meaning of it overcomes my nerves as I’m wheeled into the operating theater. As the anesthetic begins to take hold I ponder briefly the pain and heart ache it has taken to get this far. The e...

It gets lonely

Vanessa Law March 21, 2012 Physical Transition 26

I’ve just completed my third surgery to correct a physical situation I was born with. I sit with an icepack between my legs and a nightstand full of various pills. There are pain pills and antibiotics, pills to counteract the ill effects of anesthisia and pills to counter the i...