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jamie_veal (she/her)

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Hey all!

I'm Jamie, for the time being, a freshly hatched woman.

I'm new to identifying as part of the lgbtq+ community, and often unsure if my wording of thoughts is inclusive or might contain internalised transphobia. Please let me know if you feel I've failed and help me improve.

  • I'm genuinely laughing.

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  • Glad to hear it turned out well for you! I'm convinced, definitely going to make that call tomorrow.

  • being bad with titles rule

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  • If I weren't so euphoric right now due to being referred to as a girl for the first time, I'd be slightly annoyed :3

  • being bad with titles rule

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  • Lots of folks cross-dress and are neither trans nor non-binary. It took me a few years to realize that I'm not one of them.

    But I guess you could say it was one of the earlier cracks in the shell.

  • being bad with titles rule

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  • Well, it's in the rules, isn't it? I certainly enjoy Lemmy without ads.

    Also, I'm going to steal that picture, should come in handy.

  • I'm genuinely laughing.

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  • Make sure you don’t hesitate or suppress that part of yourself just based on what you think others will say or think. That doesn’t work long-term.

    Good point, yeah, I guess that's practically what I've been trying to do for the last two decades, by being in denial. It did not work at all.

    I'm gonna be honest, part of what makes it easy to accept right now is also knowing that whatever happens, happens on my terms, and my terms only. But while the thought of transition is scary... the thought of staying closeted is just as sad. I'm also thinking that gender dysphoria might get worse, now that am conscious about it.

    Trying to find trans friends would be nice, though it does feel a bit selfish under the circumstances. I've found a contact to a local self help group, maybe I'll start there.

    Anyway, thanks for your kind words and input.

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  • Oh, I'm definitely interested to see what more estrogen feels like, surely I'll at least try for a few weeks / months eventually. But actually transitioning... that's still a very scary thought. Or even coming out in rl at all. For now the decision is just accepting myself, no more, no less.

    Maybe I should rewatch some of my favourite movies.

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  • Well, there's still a lot of stuff that I'm unsure about and I don't know where I'll end up eventually, although I do lean strongly towards a feminine identity at the moment.

    But maybe I should consider myself lucky, because there also were signs all along which are just insanely clear now that I've finally dared to read through the Gender Dysphoria Bible.

    I hope you find the answers you're looking for.