The Men's Room

Hi folks, I wanted to let all of you trans*/FTM-identified folks know about this site: http://mensroom.ning.com/ It's essentially FTM facebook--a social networking site exclusively for transguys. They guard their members' privacy, so it's only open to those who actually identify as trans*/FTM. There's an application to fill out, and an approval process. I'd really encourage you to check it ...

T

... angrier than pre-T) and 2) calming.  I'm wondering about other guys experiences in relation to how T affected their mood.  Especially if you have depression and/ or anxiety and/ or bipolar.  But even if you don't, I want to hear it, it's important for me to be able to tell my psychiatrist both what is happening to me and what I've heard from other transguys having happened to them.  Thanks.

So I lied...

.... Yay! I can't believe it's been almost a year since I started. I have experienced significant changes. My voice is awesome. I have quite a bit of facial hair, though I could still use more, but most transguys I've talked to are pissed off because they have very little in comparison, and have been on T for much longer than I have. Sorry. I just tell them it's my hairy Mexi-Jew genetics. The rest ...

Southern Comfort

......so good stuff, good times. While I was there I was part of the Robert Eads Health Project.  It is in connection with the Atlanta Feminist Women's Health Clinic.  They close the clinic for a day and just see transguys.  For me, it was kind of a big deal because I had never had an "exam" before.  At 30, it was probably about time.  This is one of those things that I knew needed to be done but I ...

Regrets on T?

...do you no longer think it's a good idea or right for you? I've been on T for 10 consecutive months (post op 16 months), though about 15 months in total over the past 3 years- starting and stopping. I see hot transguys and I'm like, "whoa! I could be a dude" and then a few shots later I'm like, "this is ridiculous. why am I doing this?" I'm afraid of stopping T, as I feel that with my belly hair, ...

Hey guys I was just curious if anyone knew how this works for transguys. I have to take this online orientation for school, and one is on alcohol. Gender - Alcohol is absorbed in water. Women tend to have a higher percent of body fat and lower percent of water than men. In general, a woman who consumes the same amount of alcohol as a male counterpart of equal weight will have a...

Taken from the transnews community

... and satisfying men", basically saying that Transwomen are men. She has also used her relationships with Transmen to 'prove' that she is not Transphobic, and argued that MWMF isn't Transphobic because there are loads of Transguys there. About Transwomen: "It doesn't mean that they're not a woman. If they want to be a woman, I'll call them a woman, I'll treat them as a woman, no problem. I don't ...

I am in mood for ranting

... see like 1000x more, but I still feel like I have to draw some conclusions. I learned a lot from these places, and also they got me confused a lot. For example, I didn't know until then about the gay transguys. I didn't think it would be possible to exist. In the same time, this confuses me. As a trans guy, I am straight. I always have been attracted to women, I always liked them, but not as a ...

Let's Talk About...

... that. Still seems... weird. Unnatural. I have complex emotions about my vagina. There is no doubt in my mind that I wan to have top surgery. None. But not vag? No va-jay jay? Lol... And while there are many transguys that I know out there who feel the same way - no desire to close the clam - I feel like maybe I'm not trans enough. Maybe I'm not completely male. That's right. I'm not male. I'm ...

On Becoming a Gay Man: Anecdote #1: The Phone Number

...version of this situation starting very early in our transitions. I had spent the first two years of my physical transition with a partner who was himself trans. I actually thought back to the "Safer Sex for Transguys" pamphlet in Tony's copy of Cubbyholes as I considered my method of disclosure. I let that deep breath out, and said to V, "Well, that's a long and interesting story. And there's...