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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-10-21 07:04 pm

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Re: transgender question

(Anonymous) 2013-10-22 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
There's no one way to relate to your body and gender. So you feel cool with your gender identity mostly but not with your body. Why not start by doing research into chest reconstruction surgery to see if it's something you're actually interested in? Gonna be honest, if your ideal mental image of yourself is having a body like that of a cis male person, that's unlikely to be something you're realistically going to achieve. I have seen some impressive phalloplasties but most of the pics I've seen aren't great and it's not something I'd ever be interested in, as I care more about my personal physical sensation than outward appearances. If you took T or took T and then had a metaoidioplasty you'd get something but a trans cock looks like a trans cock. I love trans cocks but it's gonna look like its own thing. Chest is a bit easier and I've been extremely happy with my own results but there's still scarring and unless you get really hairy it's probably going to be visible.

Basically your options are, you stick with the body you have now, or you pursue hormonal and surgical treatment to modify your body. It's not going to hurt anything if you google pics to see if that's something you'd even be interested in. There are websites where people post their own pre- and post-surgery pics to give examples of various surgeons. (The ones I consulted back when I had surgery no longer exist but I know there are new ones up now, just don't know the names offhand). If it's something you decide you want, even if you still don't identify as trans in your head, there are ways to get what you want. If you feel okay with it you can always tell a therapist what they want to hear and game the system. Or maybe you'd find a therapist you feel you can be honest with about your desires and personal body concept and the distress the current state of your body causes you. There are also surgeons who will do surgery even if you aren't seeing a therapist (mine was one of those, and was aware I ID as genderqueer). And there are ways to get hormones illegally, though everyone I do know goes through their doctor.

So yeah. Go ahead and think about it. Maybe you'll decide you're not interested, or maybe you're interested but it's too much hassle and you never end up doing it, or maybe you go for it. It's your body, do what you need/want with it.