Thank you so much for this advice. Incredibly valuable and very much appreciated. I will try to keep my chin up and my spirits high but I will have to start processing and accepting my new reality and that is very hard. But I have come this far.

Thank you!!!

Thanks. I am still safe for now. Shork helped me today. I will try and apply for snap. I already have Medicaid. I have retirement funds but I am trying to wait a few months to avoid penalty but may not have a choice...

I am in the US, not too far from washington dc. One of my friends has been adding me to a couple discord servers and such and another friend is asking her network.

Thank you for that advice. 💜

Mia Violet's memoir is called "Yes, you are trans enough." I was maybe 4+ months on HRT when I read it, and it really helped me to corroborate my feelings focus on what was most important to me in my transition.

There are other great memoirs out there but that was the one that hit me the most.

The other thing that super helped me figure things out was therapy.

I wish you peace in your journey of self discovery. It can be a very daunting thing to face.

What a lovely picture to wake up to. Your skin looks so smooth snd you look very comfy and happy! Yaaay 🥰

Ooh i like the flower pattern, especially that its a little more subtle instead of being repeated all over the fabric. Very cute!!!

Wooooo boobies yayyyy 💖

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"... And Lenny Bruce is not afraid..."

Good luck out there everyone.

Pretty dress and fits you perfectly!

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I was about to ask what heely was and then i remembered it is 2026 and we are on the internet and now i want a pair. Thank you for reminding me that roller shoes still exist!!

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Brooke Mangolia Fields
Was this one a typo? If so, Brooke Magnolia Fields sounds very pretty to me and then you get BMF as initials:
Bad Motor Finger etc

Edit: Brooke Autumn is a strong choice too

Oh ya, i heard about this on public radio. It's moving at like 8% of the speed of light. That is faaaaaast.

As someone that has visited the center of the galaxy in a video game (Elite Damgerous), it would be freaking wild if the game developers could take these kinds of findings and add it. It would make visiting Sag. A way more exciting lol.

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I visited Russia with my high school band 2 years before the wall came down, and went to pushkin square to get a cool authentic Russian music on vinyl and inadvertantly bought a Jethro Tull album because i don't speak Russian. I mean, it was a cool looking guy with a flute on the cover! I had only heard their hits on the radio at that time and hadnt ever seen their album covers 😂

I have it on good authority that was a load bearing album and that is why the wall fell 2 years later. Lack of Tull.

Great look! 💖 love those sleeves and dress and you accessorize so well!

I hope your date goes well and thanks so much for sharing!

Squeee!

hiiiiiiiiiii

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Boobs are the best. Thanks for sharing your experiences! Second puberty is a long process so it is really neat when we notice positive changes. Weeeeeeeee

That is so incredible and the art is very moving. Thanks so much for showing it and sharing the story!

Forgive me for using this space to share a story of a very similar experience I had yesterday.

The preamble is that I have to move out soon due to a transphobic unsupportive parent who i have been caregiver to for the last 10 years. In the past 6 weeks I have had to condense my entire life into small piles so that i can pack, which means finally sorting through all my papers and shredding stuff. But one huge benefit is that i am finally able to collect all the poetry and lyrics that i wrote from the time when I was a kid up until now.

Yesterday I found a song I wrote when I was 17. The title was "Transitions" and it hit me so hard. I had no idea about actual transgender people other than mostly shitty media stereotypes. As i read the lyrics i started to freak out. There were some strong dysphoria vibes coming through. And i had even added chord notations to it so i must have already started teaching myself guitar by then.

I just had to go grab my guitar and try and play it. I had no idea what the original melody was but i made it work. It absolutely floored me that i keep finding evidence like this of what i was going through and these lyrics so far are the oldest physical evidence i have found that i was struggling with gender concepts and didn't know why. And the glaringly mind boggling thing is that I somehow nailed that title. Transitions.

I am so glad you were able to make that kind of connection with your art. It is mind blowing how the brain works.

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Oh honey I am so sorry for your loss. I am sure you both helped fill her life with love and I am so glad she was there for you.

Rest peacefully Michele.

I came out via email to the majority of the folks that i told. Of the people that replied to that email, only 1 family member was negative... He said that what i was doing was "gutsy", said he would use my new name but not my pronouns. So far i havn't had to deal with that person and i made a decision at that time not to respond. Unfortunately he may show up here next month with his siblings. The only plan i can think of is to avoid confronting him unless he makes a huge deal out of misgendering me. At least his siblings make a half assed attempt. Family can be the worst people wrt transitioning sadly.

But it was way easier dealing with that rejection because it wasn't to my face. And who knows, maybe he changed his mind. Lol.

Tldr email good. I used a text message for a close friend i hadnt spoken with in years and now we are in regular contact again and she has been so crucial and very supportive.

I hope that however you decide to come out that you will find those who will fully be an ally.

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They know what i'm saying. I help squirels cross the road and i sooth birds near me so they wont freak out and fly away. Works *nearly 50% of the time!!!

They get me.