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  • Many of us are on the same journey, we'll all get there together. Thanks for all the sharing you do.

  • Look after yourselves. Sick family crates such complicated emotions. Hope you have someone to talk to about it.

  • Congratulations Brooke! You are already so brave and strong. You've got this girl!

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  • Sending love. I hope you get some safe time soon.

  • I haven't started training yet but i do get a lot of voice dysphoria. I think i would learn better with a teacher and your teacher sounds lovely! I appreciate you talking about the good parts because it is scary and hearing you talk about it maybe takes some of that fear away.

  • I'm so sorry about your situation, I'm really lucky to have supportive friends and family. Thanks for being here!

  • Also, 38 years for me. Welcome sister.

  • Do you want to talk about why those other spaces make you feel like you can't be yourself?

    There's a long answer that I will probably have to figure out in therapy. The really short version is that there are some people in my life who I don't want to have the conversation with, who's reaction I can't trust and who don't deserve my emotional energy to walk them through it. But I'm somewhat tied up with them professionally so I can't just not have contact with them.

    That being said, I did just end up dressing femme (even went on stage at a big industry event!) and it was fine. So a lot of it was in my head. I didn't have to come out to my colleagues, I just showed up looking cute and let them think whatever it was that they thought. Nobody addressed it to me. I did get deadnamed a lot but I can't blame anyone because I didn't make my name change known to anyone.

  • Alo Johnston likes to say that imposter syndrome is so common in trans folks that it might as well be listed as a "symptom" of gender dysphoria. Wishing you the best too. <3

  • Congrats on getting all the big coming outs done! I hope they've been good and you've been supported and loved.

  • Oh yeah, w i d e awake.

  • I cried a bit reading this. My heart hurts to hear about the transphobia you have to navigate around, but hearing about you and your spouse figuring yourselves out together is so beautiful. Never apologise for sharing here!

  • I haven't personally met anyone anyone who was into balls really

    But also, I'm much more into a partner who feels happy about their body than I am concerned about what specific parts they have.

  • Ugh it sucks. Thank you for sharing, it's honestly so validating sometimes just to hear "I have a similar experience" from someone.

  • Nissa you're so sweet! I'm in a fairly progressive city, not that I haven't had a bunch of transphobic shit shouted at me, but I can also count on there being safe places full of queers, punks, skaters, goths etc, so if I felt really unsafe I know what spots to run to.

    I know you're in a very different sort of place so the safety risks for you are different. I know you're going to love being yourself with your friends but don't feel like you should compare timelines or anything, all our situations are different. <3

  • Transfem @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Boymoding is getting harder and harder to bear

  • Well that's a new thought that will stay with me forever.

  • I hope you can get out of there and feel safe to be who you are.

  • <3

  • Trans @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Help me see the funny side, embarrassing storytime

  • Trans @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Advice about blood testing for GAHT in the UK

  • Trans Memes @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Jadzia Dax has bars

  • Transfem @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    An introduction and a thank you