Thank you. I read the article prior to posting.

I started out with cream/gel-- for the first 6 months and really didn't like it. I felt like it was always 'there' and worried about rubbing off onto my wife. Plus, I was still having issues with bleeding (menopause big time), no change in voice, and just felt like crap. Then I switched over to IM (.5cc/weekly), went in butt cheeks, upper arms and did this for 1.5 years. My last check up with doc he wanted to start me on SubQ (.25cc/biweekly) and honestly I LOVE it. I don't feel a thing, my anxiety of needle pain went away, and and I feel like I get more benefit from it-- but it's probably all in my head than anything.

It may not be (in your head). Studies are beginning to show that subq is more efficient than IM.

I have used estrogen patches before, and I ran into difficulties keeping the patch on, especially during hot weather. I don't know if that same problem might occur with T patches or not, though.

I didn't know that estrogen came in patches. Can I ask what you use currently?

Of course you can ask, Dapper. I originally started on estradiol, then went to a patch, back to estradiol, and am currently on premarin. Of course, I am also taking an antiadrogen as well, spirolactenone. I've never used injectable estrogen, nor the implants that I have heard about.

I just saw a promotion for a new episode of PBS's "Frontline" show that will air on June 30th Called "Growing Up Trans" about trans kids.

I'll be watching. (Either link gets you to the page)

There is also a new show on ABC called, "Becoming Us" that is really good so far. I believe it is only 10 episodes.

It is based on a Chicago area family who's husband/father is transitioning to female and it mostly done from the point of view of the teenage son and his girlfriend who's father is TG. Great, honest conversations without a lot of hoopla.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...608-story.html

http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/becomi...about-the-show

Monday nights, 9pm, but it is also on Hulu

Bump.

It's tonight.

Watching the last part of the Frontline show mentioned above!

I saw it from the beginning and the deal with the very young kids transitioning bugs me, I feel some of them need to grow a bit before they start this journey because it is not easy.

That is my take on it.

I am currently watching a show called Transgender Kids on TLC!

I can see alot of myself in these kids regarding the way they were forced to dress and how painful it is to be the wrong gender.

I meant to post this the other day and then I forgot.

I am always so proud of the Girl Scouts on this issue. They did the "right thing to do". Right from the beginning!

From todays Fortune magazine.

Changing genders at work: Inside the Fortune 500's quiet transgender revolution

"For over a decade, the nation’s largest companies have embraced transgender workers, even as the community remained socially marginalized."...

Aaand another one today:

Pentagon announces plan aimed at lifting transgender ban

"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military are outdated, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday, ordering a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service."...

HOLEEEEEY FUCK. DAMN. Didn't expect this this soon. In fact, there was reason to believe that the Petagon was not going to even look at this issue right now. Thank you Caitlyn!

I just came across an interesting resource. It is an ezine, and so far, there has only been a single issue. That issue costs $5, but so far, from reading it, I think that it is worth the money. I don't remember how I ran across it, but you should be able to find it with a web search. It is titled: "Fucking Trans Women", and is primarily directed towards pre-op/ non-op trans women. This is because, apparently, few post-op transwomen replied to the call for submissions.

I watched Caitlyn Jenner's speech on the ESPYS, let's just say it moved me and even my conservative parents to tears!

I think we all could learn a lesson from Cait! Acceptance!

Boys Do Cry
 

Here is an op-ed piece that was in the Advocate, about Transmen being silent about their being survivors of violence.
Boys Do Cry

If you struggle with thoughts of suicide, call: TransLifeLine at (877) 565-8860, or The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-8255.

https://www.advocate.com/transgender...rdered-us-2015

This shit has just got to stop.

Rest in peace, India Clarke.
:praying:

Trans Health Care Navigator job available
 

Hey, guys, I can vouch for the place below if anyone has an interest. It looks like a great opportunity to get your head in the door with the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health. Who wouldn't want to work with them? They set the tone for all trans health care in the U.S.



The University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) is hiring a transgender patient care navigator. This will be initially a 1 year, 75% time position, located in San Francisco. This is an exciting opportunity to have an impact on how transgender care continues to develop at UCSF. Position requires a bachelor degree and 2 years of some kind of health related experience. Trans people and people of color are encouraged to apply. Please circulate widely and e-mail Madeline.Deutsch@ucsf.edu for the full job description.

I am very, very glad that that proposed florida transgender bathroom bill didn't become law. However, I had a thought about it last night. It would be funny as hell, IF that law had passed, and ftms followed that law, and used the women's bathroom, AND when they did so, to leave the seat up afterwards. :P

Obama appoints first transgender White House staff member


http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/politi...aff/index.html

I missed this one on 6/16, an episode of Charlie Rose The Brain Series: Gender Identity. It's not an infotainment piece, but rather a panel discussion of scientists about the causes and manifestations brain biology on gender identity.

Today-Obama Defends Health Rights for Transgender Americans

Stitching together Cid's Manhood

The Guardian interviewed Cid Isbell, about his bottom surgery.

Parents challenge adult child's competence for consent to GRS
 

I just came across this. Article was written on 9/2/15.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ecbfa...r-reassignment

Marine MTF

US School District Violated Transgender Student's Rights

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education said Monday that a suburban Chicago school district is violating the rights of a transgender student by refusing to allow her the unrestricted use of a girls' locker room.

Education Department officials and lawyers for the student say the decision was the first of its kind on the issue.

The student, with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a federal complaint against Illinois' Palatine Township School District 211, asking for unrestricted access to the locker room. The district had proposed a compromise that would allow access but require the student to change and shower in a separate area.

"All students deserve the opportunity to participate equally in school programs and activities — this is a basic civil right," Education Department Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine Lhamon said in a statement. "Unfortunately, Township High School District 211 is not following the law because the district continues to deny a female student the right to use the girls' locker room."

Lhamon went on to say the district can provide access to the student while also respecting all students' privacy and encouraged the district to comply with the law and resolve the case.

District 211 has 30 days to change the policy, or risk losing millions in federal funding.

In a statement issued by the ACLU, the student, who hasn't been identified, said she was pleased by the Education Department's decision.

"All students deserve the opportunity to participate equally in school programs and activities - this is a basic civil right."

Education Department Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine Lhamon

District 211 Superintendent Daniel Cates said in a statement the district does not agree with the department's stance.

The policy the department "seeks to impose on District 211 is a serious overreach with precedent-setting implications," Cates said. "District 211 continues to believe that what we offer is reasonable and honors every student's dignity."

Interesting experience filling out forms for my medical today. I go to this HUGE practice (almost like a little hospital in NJ). They now have a patient portal and you update your files and papers online before going for the physical.

this was new


Birth Id:
Gender Id
Sexuality

also they just added someone to the practice who focus in LGBTQI health concerns. They were limited in their Gender and Birth ID's towards the binary but it is a start. You know I will educate my doc when I see her about the limitations.

PP,
Was it a drop down menu, or could you write in your own identity?

<Gemme's article>

I work with trans teens and adults.

This school year I helped a number of FTM teens and their parents navigate the teens coming out socially at their high schools. So, far, they have not had any problems, even though none of them are currently on hormones. They have been accepted onto male sports teams and have the option to use the male bathrooms.

None of them have chosen the bathroom option, all preferring to use the administrator or nurse bathroom. I am actually glad that they are all comfortable with this option, as I worry that parents will make a ruckus if they knew the teens were using the bathroom of their identified gender, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth.

I would really be concerned if there was a MTF teen in my school district who wanted to use the girl's bathroom. I bet there would be even more push back from parents if a "boy was allowed in the girl's bathroom".

The school district does not have any protocols/policies around trans teens, but they been very supportive.

As a reference point, I live in a mid-atlantic state.

Houstons' HERO ordinance did not pass the vote this evening. It is a very sad day for not only GLTBQI folks but veterans, disabled veterans, POC and any non white/hetero.

It means that we can be booted from jobs still, not hired for jobs, etc. A long list goes on and on.

Sad part is the voters, either party, was brainwashed by scare tactics using the bible and their own imagination by not know the difference between a transgender person and a pedophile.

Interesting article
 

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.684144

U.S. Reform Jewish Movement Set to Pass Resolution on Transgender Rights
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.684144

Thommi Clinton, her response to the HERO ordinance not passing in Houston.




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Transgender Day of Remembrance- November 20

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

http://www.glaad.org/tdor

More Transgender People Have Been Killed in 2015 Than Any Other Year on Record

At vigils across the country today, people are honoring the victims of fatal anti-transgender violence as part of an annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. At least 21 transgender people have been killed in the United States already this year, which is more homicides than any other year on record, according to a recent report by Human Rights Campaign. During the first six months of the year alone, more transgender people were killed than in all of 2014. Most of the victims were transgender women of color. So far, none of the attacks have been deemed hate crimes.

On Tuesday, a congressional task force launched in response to the "epidemic of violence against the transgender community." The Transgender Equality Task Force, chaired by Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), who has a transgender granddaughter, aims to understand the causes of anti-transgender violence and identify what the federal government can do to improve the situation.

Activists say it's hard to know exactly how many transgender people are killed every year. One problem, they say, is that police officers often refer to transgender homicide victims with names and pronouns reflecting their gender of birth, rather than their gender identity. (For example, transgender women are often described by police officers as men.) And while the FBI last year began publishing statistics on hate crimes against gender-nonconforming people, the bureau's figures only reflect cases reported to authorities. Some crime-reporting programs at the state level have also opted, for budgetary reasons, not to collect data on hate crimes against transgender people, according to an FBI spokesman. Lauren Smith, a press contact for Honda, the chair of the congressional task force, said the issue of data collection has come up in discussions among task force members, but that the group won't be meeting until shortly after Thanksgiving to hammer out specific agenda items they hope to address.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015...er-year-record

I realize this is not news that relates directly to trans people as it stands, yet I am choosing to post it because it is important news that will hopefully improve lower surgeries for trans men in the not too distant future. -Jesse

"Within a year, maybe in just a few months, a young soldier with a horrific injury from a bomb blast in Afghanistan will have an operation that has never been performed in the United States: a penis transplant.
The organ will come from a deceased donor, and the surgeons, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, say they expect it to start working in a matter of months, developing urinary function, sensation and, eventually, the ability to have sex..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/he...unds.html?_r=1

Thanks for posting this. I read this too. I do wonder though if we will start to see organ donors say that they don't want that organ used. I wonder if penises would be a special request item they (the organ people who hawk around waiting for your family member to die) would have to ask a family member for even if the person is a "organ donor".

Anyway, I suspect that a cis man would get a donated penis well before they would give one to a trans man. However, if donating penises become a norm, there may be enough to go around! :D

Every public bathroom could use one of these