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Ten things you can do to feel more feminine

by mattie on July 27, 2010

Over the last few years I’ve been exploring ways to express my feminine side, even though I have had to spend most of my time in ‘boy mode’. I’ve discovered there are a number of things that a transgender person can do to feel more feminine, without disrupting work or their social life (assuming one is in a situation where they must continue to present in ‘boy mode’). Here are some things I’ve learned along the way.

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Funny about shoes

by mattie on July 2, 2010

Recently my parents came up for a visit for a few days. They had been planning to take an Alaska cruise for years with some close friends of theirs and finally decided to make it happen. Before leaving, each of them wanted a new pair of shoes for formal night but couldn’t find any they liked in stores. So I dug into my closet and found them each a pair that they loved!

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Struggling to lose weight and keep it off

April 19, 2010

Apart from the fact that obesity in the world is growing at an alarming pace, often I think people (like myself) have used food as a kind of treatment for their crossdresser/transgender issues (especially if one isn’t “out”). On one hand I have always wanted to be thin, but on the other hand I have the lifelong stress of my internal transgender feelings that drive me to self-medicate with food. It seems I’m not the only one.

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Using Avodart to Reduce Testosterone

April 12, 2010

These days, transgender individuals have a wide variety of options available to them for treatment. A quick search on the internet reveals a whole bunch of people with a whole variety of experiences and treatments they’ve undergone. This is certainly true when it comes to pharmaceuticals that are available in transgender care. One of the developments that [...]

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Does transgender therapy work?

March 15, 2010

In my last post I talked about how several years ago I came to the point where I knew I needed help. I was either headed down the road to depression and likely suicide, or I needed to find a way to ‘cure’ myself or get treatment for my transgender issues (I didn’t know it [...]

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Seeing a therapist

August 31, 2009

It’s been nearly six years since I came out to my wife (then girlfriend). But before I came out to her, I think one of the most important and helpful things I did for myself was to find a therapist to talk to. There’s such a stigma attached to mental health, and I was acutely [...]

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Coming out to my parents

June 28, 2009

It felt so good not to have to hide this part of myself any more that I really did want to tell the world – convinced that they would be as accepting as my girlfriend had been. I’ve seen both my parents and the rest of my family quite a few times over the last couple years, but the moment never seemed right. That moment finally came a few weeks ago.

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Meeting our Peers at PTHC

June 19, 2009

This last weekend, for the first time ever, we saw, met and mingled with a large amount of transgender people. It was at the Philadelphia TransHealth Conference, and we went only on Saturday because we had just heard about the event earlier in the week and were unable to make plans to attend the entire [...]

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Everyone is a little transgendered

July 27, 2008

Gender is a varied thing. Just because you may have the right parts doesn’t mean that you’re completely corresponding with what society says is a real man. In some cultures it is manly to kiss each other, and in others that’s “gay”. Gender isn’t static – and neither are you!

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Normal Like You – Guest Blogger Vanessa

June 8, 2008

Lets face it. Crossdressers have a PR problem. In this post guest blogger Vanessa talks about how in reality crossdressers have very normal lives. The main difference is they can’t tell anyone about their hobby. Most crossdressers live happy lives as fathers, husbands, and professionals without the outside world knowing their secret. There’s more of us out there than you may think, and we’re probably a lot more normal than you might imagine!

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