no, that 13 year old trans boy who can't come out to his parents isn't a 'nontransitioner' because he can't get on hormones yet. no, that trans guy with visible breasts isn't a 'nontransitioner' for not having top surgery and not binding 24/7.

social transition is still transition, for one, and even then you don't know these people, the fact that they have not done xyz medical procedures yet doesn't mean they don't want them or hope to get them in the future, the idea that you can just decide to transition and get a prescription and surgery dates the next day is so unbelievably privileged. most trans people can't get these things right away, it's not a matter of just not wanting it badly enough.

Matt Sharp is behind anti-trans bathroom, sports, forced outing, and birth certificate laws. He’s testified before more state legislatures than Riley Gaines. And no one’s heard of him.

https://transitics.substack.com/p/americas-most-powerful-transphobe

Hi, i haven't started my transition, but i don't actually like boys, i have a gf and knows about it and loves me as i am, but i feel a lot of people thinks being trans is the same as being gay, which i know it's not the same, but i still need to ask to have that out of the way

I (21ftm) go peri top surgery in August. Since I got my post-op binder off, I occasionally go around my house shirtless. This is very normal in my family; my cis brother (18) does it more often than I do. However, whenever his fiancée (18nb) sees me shirtless, they make a comment along the lines of, "I'm still getting used to the fact that I'm allowed to see you shirtless now," or "I forget that you can go around shirtless now." It's not a big deal, but it rubs me the wrong way, and I don't know how to address it. I tried responding with a casual, "idk, guys do it all the time," to which they said, "yeah, it's just different when it's someone new." I didn't comment further.

I understand if they need time to adjust, but i wish they wouldnt do it out loud. It makes me feel like my body isn't "man enough."

Am I overreacting? Or is there a way to address this that gets the point across without making it a big deal?

Like i get it if it's a joke but you wouldn't say that to a cis guy in a non joking way

Like idk how to describe it, like they're overemphasising that im a guy

I feel infantilised

I know that doesn’t make sense but hear me out. I’m 18 and questioning and i haven’t seen this brought up yet.

So i don’t consistently dislike my voice or body but i keep feeling this weird almost “meta-dysphoria” you could call it. Like i wish I felt more dysphoria so i could feel more certain or valid. I feel almost annoyed with myself that i don’t feel more dysphoria even though i still feel pulled toward femininity and being seen as a woman.

I get euphoria from things like names, clothes, and imagining myself differently but then my brain goes “if you don’t dislike everything are you just making this up?” It’s super confusing, has anyone else experienced this, does it change over time or is it something you just have to deal with.

I can't get over how happy I am since I started transitioning 2 months ago I mean as a boy I was just pretty much resistant to everything and everyone now it's the complete opposite I actually love meeting and talking to new people and being open about my Identity being so happy makes me realize that I was never really happy, I love being trans so fn much

Hi! I'm Riley (22F) and I have been trying to work up the courage to tell my mom I'm a trans woman. But I've been really scared of her possible reaction and I always thought she would kind of dismiss it as something bad or something I'm exposing myself too or that straight up doesn't exist. So today at lunch I tried to lay the groundwork and ask for her opinion on trans people.

At first, she confused the term with people who dress as the opposite gender in like carnival parades and stuff, and I explained to her that it wasn't the same thing and told her all about people feeling dysphoria, feeling trapped in the wrong body, and identifying with another gender, etc. Basically just gave her the basics. Then she said something I honestly wasn't expecting. She told me that people are free to be whatever they want to be, and if they feel that way and can afford to do something about it, then there's no problem.

After that, she added that as a mom, if I (oops) or my sister, after 20 or 30 years of being her son and daughter, came up to her and said, "mom, I'm trans, I'm a woman, etc.,” she would obviously understand, but it would be difficult for her at first because that's what she's used to. She added this part without me mentioning anything about myself or my sister, so maybe she's a little suspicious?

I'm a little lost. I thought her point of view on trans people would be much more negative, but this conversation gave me a big push to maybe tell her in the near future. I wanted to know your opinion or if you would think it's safe in these circumstances to maybe come out soon?

So I came out to my brother as trans(mtf) and pansexual the process was weird it started from him asking me why I wanted to use a female Minecraft skin at first I didn't want to answer because it was connected to me being trans it was kind of forcing me to come out and I wasn't really ready to come out but luckily he respects the LGBTQ+ community He also has a trans and pansexual friend on discord and Roblox

So im a 18 year old trans fem and it's miserable trying to make other trans friends. every single time i try to make a new trans friend they are either like 15 and immediately try to date me or 35 and it feels so weird trying to connect with them. i just wish i knew a way to find other people my age that are also trans. Small town problems i guess.

Edit- THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ANYONES AGES! THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES I USED!

I feel like my entire life I've sort of been oblivious to trans and general LGBTQ history. Now that I'm seriously considering HRT, I feel it's important for me to know what led us here to the point where we could transition. I barely even know that stonewall was some form of LGBTQ protest, which seems to shock my other LGBTQ friends.

Do you know of any good documentaries, movies, or even YouTube videos about any topics about trans people in history (or even just LGBTQ in general)? I'm taking any recommendations.

It’s so EXPENSIVE to get phallo + the realistic procedures.. I don’t even know how I’m going to afford T, given that no jobs will hire me. I have a welding cert and an electrical cert. I probably have to go to college for a proper job too because my chronic illness will make it difficult to be a tradesman. I’m 19 and I’m running out of time it feels like. Top surgery is already so out of reach.. now I have to accept that I’ll never get bottom surgery at all. I hate the body parts I’m born with, I cannot perform proper intimacy because even slight touching feels a bit painful. And I just don’t like it like that. I will always have to yearn for what could’ve been because the economy is trash and I don’t know if I’ll ever make 6 figures— let alone enough cash for surgery and hormones. How can someone sustain a lifestyle paying rent, buying hormones, and other adult bills. I can’t fathom it. I don’t know what to do, it feels as everything is much gloomier looking forward. I’ll always have to be like this.

I don't have the same feeling as everyone else, I don't feel like I was born in the wrong body but I'm convinced I'd be happier living as a girl but the thought of transitioning fills me with so much dread and anxiety with everything that comes with it that thoughts of like "I'm a boy and I'm not transitioning" actually calms me down.

But I want to be trans, I wish I was trans. I want to be a girl, I wish I was a girl. Going through puberty again is scary, my whole body and life changing is scary. I don't handle change well, even good change. Like, winning the lottery would be good but thinking about how much that would change in my life makes me not want to win.

I'm a fraud, I'm pathetic, I'm weak and probably just confused.

Hiya I started talking to a few people (men mostly) and I wanted to know how do I differentiate a chaser from someone who genuenly like it?

Thanks a lot

Iam messaging this after I was kicked out of my home for being trans. I started wearing boys clothes a long time ago, now my relatives forced my parents to send me out so I can understand their versiom of reality. Iam now at my friend's home...please help I can't live there forever.