Hi I'm Mira

[MiraF]

Hi, I'm Mira, I'm 18.

For a long time, I've questioned myself and fantasized about turning into a girl. Unfortunately, I lived in Israel from age 8 to 16, where there is absolutely no awareness about trans people.

Once we (my family) moved to Canada and I got used to trans people being a thing, I was able to figure myself out by comparing my life to experiences of other trans people.

I am transitioning step by step, and I have already started talking with a higher voice (I have a naturally high voice, so no one else seems to notice the difference).

I am here to talk to people with similar experiences and who only know me as Mira.

[Susan R]

Hi @MiraF, It’s a pleasure to have you here on our forum. I hope you find it to your liking. Many of us including myself have had similar life experiences and have moved toward living as our true selves. Once your eyes are opened to the real possibility that living for yourself is possible….there’s no going back🙂. I think we all strive to be who we were meant to be.

 

If you have any questions or simply want to add to what someone else posted, I encourage you to do so. You have much to offer here. Everyone’s opinion and ideas are welcome here as long as they follow our forum guidelines, of course. I look forward to reading more about you and your journey as it develops.

 

Warmest Regards,

Susan R🌷

[Carolyn Marie]

Welcome to Trans Pulse, Mira.  I'm just a bit surprised about the situation for trans people in Israel.  Here in the U.S. virtually all Reform and many Conservative Temples are welcoming to trans folk, and I've given talks at many in So. California.  Admittedly, Orthodox Temples even here are antagonistic, but I had thought there were some Reform Temples in Israel.

 

Anyway, please feel free to look around the forums, post your thoughts and questions, and we'll be here to help however we can.

 

HUGS

 

Carolyn Marie

[Timber Wolf]

Hi Mira,

 

Welcome to Transpulse. I'm glad you're here.

 

Lots of love and a big welcome hug,

Timber Wolf🐾

[Ivy]

Welcome Mira

[Gianna_P]

Welcome Mira

 

 

[MiraF]

14 hours ago, Carolyn Marie said:

I'm just a bit surprised about the situation for trans people in Israel.  Here in the U.S. virtually all Reform and many Conservative Temples are welcoming to trans folk, and I've given talks at many in So. California.  Admittedly, Orthodox Temples even here are antagonistic, but I had thought there were some Reform Temples in Israel.

In Israel there are two camps on the subject of LGBTQ: Those who hate everyone without knowing what any of the letters after the first two mean, and the others who are too occupied with the issue of homosexuality to bring up trans people. (Not saying this isa bad thing, same sex couples can't get married in Israel and have to get married outside the country and even that is not recognized in most of the country)

There is a lot of support for LGBTQ, but only minimal protections for trans people. It is possible to change your gender legally, but it is not culturally accepted. A poll done in November of 2021 found that a third of respondents would be unwilling to work alongside trans people, and 80% of Israelis would find it "difficult to impossible" to accept that their child is transgender.

The problem isn't that trans people aren't welcomed by progressives, it's that they are mostly out of sight. I first encountered the word transgender (I think, I don't remember this very well) after encountering the concept of changing genders in a book and checking the internet to see if it was a thing in real life.

 

PS, this is all anecdotal stuff and shouldn't be taken as an analysis of the politics of Israel.

PPS, Tel Aviv is very different from the rest of the country culturally, I have no idea if this is true there.

[rootgrowth]

Hi Mira I'm new too. Best of luck as you explore your identity