Jump to content
  • Welcome to the TransPulse Forums!

    We offer a safe, inclusive community for transgender and gender non-conforming folks, as well as their loved ones, to find support and information.  Join today!

excitement/fear...


Matty

Recommended Posts

Hi guys Matthew here. So in the last few weeks i've been coming out to close friends about my new identity. I'm still very new to this. Only known for like a month and a half. I suspected I was trans for a long time. Thank you for being so welcoming and kind. So i've decided I'm going to transition. I'll be in too much if I don't. I'm terrified at the same time though..Scared I might lose my hair, ect. I'm a short dude. I'm almost 29 btw. Still thinking of how to tell my dad. Wheres a good place to start until i can start hrt? Is testosterone Scary to start taking? Mostly just worried about hair. I'm wondering what to prob expect. thanks for any help. Any other advice would be great...thanks guys,.

Link to comment
  • Forum Moderator

I don't know if you have had a chance to speak to a gender therapist but i found that very helpful in finding and accepting a path towards finding myself.

I know quite a few short cis men as well as some trans men who don't have an issue being short.

Hair is an issue for all of us.  We either have too much or too little.  Society  and fashion often has its own "requirements" for men and women as to hair.  Finding acceptance as ourselves often requires changes which are difficult at first.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

Link to comment
  • Forum Moderator

Hello Matty.  Deciding to move forward is a big decision and I wish you well.  I know you will be fine.  As to where to go, besides connecting with a counselor, try finding a local support group where you can meet others.  You might also post your questions here directly to the FTM forum where a number of the guys check in to.  

 

Don't be overly concerned about height.  Its not a big deal really.  Its all in how you carry yourself.  Be you. 

 

Jani 

Link to comment

okay but im in utah. They literally are completely intolerant against this -crap-. i have no idea where to start. I kinda came out to my dad today...i was terrified. he said to take my time. I'm glad you guys have been kind. thanks. I'm just worried i wont be manly enough. Prob gonna cut my hair today. first big step...

Link to comment
  • Forum Moderator
9 hours ago, Matty said:

I'm just worried i wont be manly enough.

Don't worry about this too much.  Watch other guys and see how walk and carry themselves.  They are much different than women in these regards.  

 

We do tend to be a kind bunch here.  There are plenty of other places to go for aggravation!  So your Dad was somewhat cool about this.  Good advice from him that many of us will second, take your time.  As to doing this sooner, we all seem to say that too!  Today is always a good day...  

 

Here are a number of link for you!  The first one has a link to a support group.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/groups/transgender/ut/ogden

https://utahpridecenter.org/resources/

http://www.ogdenpride.org/resources/

 

I know Utah is a large state but maybe there is some helpful data here.  The last link has a link to finding a TG Healthcare doctor that may be helpful. 

https://www.weber.edu/CounselingCenter/transgender.html

https://healthcare.utah.edu/transgender-health/

 

This is PFLAG and while not in your city they may have online resources for you and you Dad. 

http://pflag-saltlakecity.org/Resources.html

 

Cheers, 

Jani

Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Who's Online   6 Members, 0 Anonymous, 186 Guests (See full list)

    • KatieSC
    • FinnyFinsterHH
    • KathyLauren
    • Abigail Genevieve
    • Ivy
    • Ashley0616
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      80.7k
    • Total Posts
      768.7k
  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      12,033
    • Most Online
      8,356

    ArtavikenGenderflui
    Newest Member
    ArtavikenGenderflui
    Joined
  • Today's Birthdays

    1. afraid of self
      afraid of self
    2. Chaidoesart
      Chaidoesart
      (14 years old)
    3. Faith57
      Faith57
    4. Joyce Ann
      Joyce Ann
      (70 years old)
    5. Kelly21121
      Kelly21121
      (56 years old)
  • Posts

    • Abigail Genevieve
      I don't think it should be.  Nor do I see Project 2025 as pushing Christian nationalism.
    • Abigail Genevieve
      The agencies are supposed to work for him.  The problem, as conservatives found out in Trump 1, was they will ignore the president and do their own thing.  The agencies are supposed to be under his control.   Congress delegated some of its law making authority to the agencies, which is another problem.   The bloated federal government needs to be trimmed.  Dept Education is worthless - test scores have dropped since it was instituted in the Carter administration consistently, and it is currently implementing Biden's woke agenda more than doing anything else.
    • FinnyFinsterHH
      I hope to eventually wear a suit for dance but don't know what exactly to look for. I feel like jumpsuit is safe option but I have been interested in wearing button up and formal pants. Is there a certain brand i should look for or sites I should look at for tips? My mom is not exactly keen on me wearing too masc clothing like suits just yet but is okay with jumpsuits. Also is there hair styling tips availible, my hair looks like image below. I might be able to get shorter haircut like pixie but am not sure yet.  
    • MaeBe
      It’s never been about him, but he is the Presidential nominee for the Presidency that starts in…2025. I don’t see a lot of conflation that this is a “Trump doctrine”, it a doctrine that benefits him surely, but it is a plan to instill crony governance and enact very Christian conservative (if not purely Christian nationalist) “order” on the country. If you don’t see this as the Right doubling down on Big G government, I don’t know what to tell them. Getting rid of agencies and giving the authority directly to the Executive isn’t shrinking government. It’s consolidation power. 
    • MaeBe
      It is the made up ideology they believe trans people are pushing on the world, those “poor young girls who are being coerced into believing they are men” and the “perverts who put on dresses and think they’re girls”. The anti-LGBTQ+ movement came up with the term. Being trans = you believe in trans ideology/transgenderism, supporting trans people = the same.   In the end anyone that acts on or thinks gender is anything but what is in your pants is a “transgenderist”, why not make it a word if it’s not, there is no real grey area. Unless you acknowledge there is transgenderism, but use your knowledge to “correct it”.  So I guess there could be transgenderist conversion “therapists”.  Face it, we deface the America they want. Land of the Free and Home of the Brave? I think being out and queer is pretty brave. And freedom shouldn’t just be for those who push a narrow “Christian ideology” as the “true” governing model.
    • Abigail Genevieve
      Over here muttering about "a new Jim Crow against a persecuted minority."    
    • Abigail Genevieve
      Rants are not a problem.  My favorite hobby! :)   What's out there is bad enough that I wonder why some people feel they need to embellish it.  Be alert.   Some of this will need to be fought in court if they try to implement it. If people are out to get me, paranoia is justified.  And this may not be the only document.   Abby
    • Ivy
      Not in so many words, therefore it's not there at all.  Excuse my paranoia. And the states passing laws against us are nothing to worry about either. Having to change my gender back to male (like in Florida) is reasonable.  I should just accept it, I mean I was born with a dk.  So that "F" is lie, and a fraud.  My delusions need to be dealt with for my own good.   I'm just frustrated these days.  Just a bit of a rant.
    • Abigail Genevieve
      You probably remember the Target PR fiasco.  I remember reading an account from a woman who shopped there.  She went into a stall and did her business, and someone came into the bathroom and began swinging stall doors open, and when she came to her stall, the woman peeked at her through the crack. "What are you doing?" "Checking for perverts." The writer was so stunned by the absurdity that she finished up ASAP and got out of there, while the other woman entered a stall and locked it, made sure it was locked, and locked it again. 
    • Adrianna Danielle
      Been a good day.Cleaned my closet of clothes that I do not wear anymore and do not fit me.It looks better now.Came down to my newest property beside mine,owner passed and I inherited it.There was a double wide there that was removed,it was in bad shape.It is the shop part I am keeping which I got the tools,shop equipment,benches,hoists and shelving too.
    • Abigail Genevieve
      Nothing about eradicating TG folk. 
    • Ivy
      If 9 out of 10 parts are ok, that doesn't mean I need to accept the bad parts (that are aimed directly at me).  That seems suicidal.
    • Ivy
      True, most of it has nothing to do directly with us.  It's the parts that do that are the problem.   I see the  few problematic statements as being a big problem.  Just because a lot of it may be okay, doesn't change that. Even supposing the rest of it might be good for the country, it doesn't help me if I'm being "eradicated".  I suppose I should be good with that, because it's for the "greater good".  If me being gone would please a number of people, then it's my civic duty to disappear, and vote to implement that.
    • Ivy
      Yeah.  There are already laws against assault.  I don't think the overwhelming majority of trans women have any desire to harass cis women.  Speaking for myself, if I go into a women's washroom, it's because my eyeballs are already floating - not for kicks.  And I worry about getting clocked and assaulted by some guy being a "hero."
    • Abigail Genevieve
      Only three, maybe four, sections even mention transgender.  Most is a conservative agenda I have no problem with.   In the sections that mention transgender, there are very few lines.  Those lines ARE problematic, in every case. Unequivocally.  I can't see some of them standing up in court.  In one case a recommended policy goes against a court decision, which strongly suggests the implementation of that policy would be stopped in court.    Anyone maintaining that this is written simply to support Trump, to support him becoming a dictator, to crush transgender people is feeding you a line.  Nor is it an attempt to erase transgender people.   People will have to decide if the overall goals are worth the few problematic statements.  Overall, I support it.  Of course, I have some reservations.
  • Upcoming Events

Contact TransPulse

TransPulse can be contacted in the following ways:

Email: Click Here.

To report an error on this page.

Legal

Your use of this site is subject to the following rules and policies, whether you have read them or not.

Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
DMCA Policy
Community Rules

Hosting

Upstream hosting for TransPulse provided by QnEZ.

Sponsorship

Special consideration for TransPulse is kindly provided by The Breast Form Store.
×
×
  • Create New...