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Sherlock Holmes

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I am AFAB, FtM and a bit nonbinary; I think that on a scale of male to female, female being 1 and male being 10, I would land somewhere around a 7. I identify as male and always have, but I also enjoy my femininity sometimes. I was looking for a place to talk and learn about myself and other transgender people I found this website about 6 months ago. I became consciously aware of my being transgender in 2013. I always knew that I was a man inside my head, I just needed to overcome a lot of trauma from childhood to be able to reconnect to who I was.

I am a single maternal father.

I am bisexual(or pan/queer sexual, I have and often do identify with any of these labels, if I choose to label myself).  

In November of 2016, I started Testosterone. I am hoping to obtain an insurance soon which will cover me getting top surgery before the end of the year or at least before I turn 40 in January. I have not decided if I will get genital surgery, but I do want to get a hysterectomy at some point.

I am going to school to be a social worker, have about 2 semesters till I get my Bachelors degree, I am considering to get my masters, possibly get a Ph.D. in social work too. My dream is to work with children and adults who live through trauma and help them overcome all the mental and emotional stuff that it causes. I currently run a local lgbt+ group in my area. I have been invited to join the mentoring group in the lgbt+ group at the college. I sometimes think I can take on everything until I can't and my natural introvert tendencies occur. 

I will end there, I can easily write a book (which I am actually doing in real life).

 

~Sherlock~ 

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Hello Sherlock,

Welcome to TransPulse. Thank you for sharing with us. :)

MaryEllen

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Welcome Sherlock.  Glad you joined us from Baker Street.  Sharing here and reading of others has helped me find comfort in myself as well as a desire to help others as you have described.  

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

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Hello Sherlock! I know what you mean about the mental damages, got a lot here myself! It's why I'm all about community outreach so that we can get to the parents before they harm their kids! Nice to meet you! Welcome to TransPulse!

Love and Light!

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Hi Sherlock

Welcome :)

It's nice to meet you

Tracy x

 

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Hi Sherlock, since I'm also a "newbie," I want to welcome you to this community as well.  Your story sounds so courageous.  I think it would be so fascinatingto sit down with you and talk about what it was like for each of us growing up wishing we were the other gender.  Look forward to hearing from you on the forum!  Nancy

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Welcome to TransPulse, Sherlock.  Feel free to post in any topic, or create some of your own.  We'll be here for you.

HUGS

Carolyn Marie

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Welcome Sherlock!  You're never to old to find and live as your true self.   Congratulations on your progress so far.  It sounds like you've got a great future ahead of you.  

Jani

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