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DarkSteven -> RE: Amnesia/Intro (3/7/2013 5:33:46 AM)
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ORIGINAL: AthenaSurrenders
Can anyone remember any good threads about being trans* that we can point the OP towards?
No good ones but a lotta bad ones. They look kinda like the Middle East.
I'm going to give a brief summary of my take.
There are two reasons a man would try to look like a woman. One is to dress for a quick sexual thrill, and then go back to being male. That's a CD (crossdresser).
The second is because the person feels like she really IS a woman. It's like her parents forced her to dress as a boy, and God did too. That is a transsexual (TS). Although some refer to them as trans, that term is confusing because the word "transgender" refers to both CDs and TSs.
The die is cast when she begins taking hormones. That results in several changes, most notably breast growth. Electrolysis is frequently used to remove facial hair at this point as well. I'll note that different bodies react different ways to getting female hormones. Some bodies have heard attacks or strokes when getting them. Some lap them up greedily. Transition is not done lightly. It works best when the TS is young, although I've seen some in their 40s that transitioned well.
If she quits at this point, she's referred to as a pre-op or non-op. If she has the Sexual Reassignment Surgery (SRS), she's then referred to as a post-op. The hangup is the cost - $20K to $30K.
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